French River (Massachusetts)
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The French River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut.
The river rises near Leicester, Massachusetts, and flows generally southwards through Auburn, Oxford, and Dudley; it then enters Connecticut where it joins the Quinebaug River at Thompson, just northeast of Putnam. The Quinebaug in turn flows into the Shetucket River and ultimately the Thames River to empty into the Long Island Sound.
The river's total length is about 21 miles (34 km), of which 14 miles (23 km) are in Massachusetts. It drains a watershed area of about 95 square miles (250 km²), containing 67 lakes and ponds, 38 of which cover at least 10 acres (40,000 sq m). Only one lake in its basin is larger than 500 acres (2.0 km²), namely Lake Chaubunagungamaug (Webster Lake) in Webster, Massachusetts at 1,195 acres (4.84 km²).
