Farmington River
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The Farmington River is a river located in the northwest of the US States of Connecticut and southwest Massachusetts. Its length is 81 miles via its longest branch, and its watershed covers 609 square miles. The river historically played an important role in small-scale manufacturing in towns alongside it, but it is now mainly used for recreation and drinking water. The Farmington River Watershed Association [1] is a non-profit organization for conservation and preservation of this river. There are several whitewater sections [[2]]. [[3]].
Its two main branches start in southwestern Massachusetts. A 14-mile portion of the western branch has been designated a National Wild and Scenic River. The eastern branch is now mostly covered by the Barkhamsted Reservoir. The two branches join in New Hartford, Connecticut. The upper reaches of the river flow mostly southward, but the river turns northward in Farmington, Connecticut and then runs mostly north and east until it flows into the Connecticut River in Windsor, Connecticut.
The Simsbury Crew team races on this river in Simsbury, CT.
In both October, 2005, and May, 2006, heavy rains deluged the Farmington River Valley and the Farmington rose to flood numerous forests and fields near the towns of Simsbury and East Granby. The river was so high in October, 2005, that the river flowed over an old broken dam on the East Granby- Tariffville border.
