Kickamuit River

Kickamuit River

The Kickamuit River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island flowing approximately 6 km (4 mi).

History

The river's name descends from a Narragansett dialect and has numerous spellings. As of 2002 the Environmental Protection Agency judged it too polluted for recreation. It is also closed to shellfishing.

Course

The river's source is in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in the swamps north of Locust Street in Swansea. From here it flows due south to Swansea and into the Warren Reservoir, which drains approximately 2,300 acres. From Warren Reservoir it flows generally southeast between Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island to empty into Mount Hope Bay. The Kickamuit Reservoir dam forms the boundary between fresh and salt water.

Crossings

Below is a list of crossings over the Kickamuit River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.
*Swansea, Massachusetts
**Locust Street
**Reed Street
**Interstate 195
**Stephen French Road
**Colletti Lane
**Fall River Avenue (U.S. 6)
**Burnside Drive
**Lynnwood Road
**Bushee Road
*Warren, Rhode Island
**Schoolhouse Road
**Child Street (RI 103)

Tributaries

Heath Brook is the Kickamuit River's only named tributary, though it has many unnamed streams that also feed it.

ee also

*List of Rhode Island rivers

References

*Maps from the United States Geological Survey
* [http://iaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/enviro_v2.wcontrol?p_id305b=MA61-08 Environmental Protection Agency]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/IndianPlaceNames3.html American Indian Place Names In Rhode Island]


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