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The largest river in New England, the Connecticut River originates at the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire and flows south, acting as the border between New Hampshire and Vermont before crossing into Massachusetts and then bisecting Connecticut and flowing into Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook. The Connecticut River, designated as an American Heritage River in 1997, was first seen by a Europen in 1614 when Dutch explorer Adriaen Block said up from the Sound. In the decades following the British and the Dutch built trading posts in Windsor and Hartford, respectively. Like most waterways, the Connecticut was a major transportation route for centuries and many industries were built...
The largest river in New England, the Connecticut River originates at the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire and flows south, acting as the border between New Hampshire and Vermont before crossing into Massachusetts and then bisecting Connecticut and flowing into Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook. The Connecticut River, designated as an American Heritage River in 1997, was first seen by a Europen in 1614 when Dutch explorer Adriaen Block said up from the Sound. In the decades following the British and the Dutch built trading posts in Windsor and Hartford, respectively. Like most waterways, the Connecticut was a major transportation route for centuries and many industries were built along its banks. In the late 1800s, the river was used for massive logging drives from as far away as Canada. These days, the Connecticut River is used primarily for fishing and recreational boating, as communities along the river have discouraged further development along the banks and controls were enacted to clean up damage caused by industrial plants. Thanks, in part, to the Clean Water Act of 1965, the river has been upgraded from a Class D to a Class B river.
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Attempts to bring salmon back to the Connecticut River aren't doing much
Every year, hatchery trucks dump hundreds of thousands of little salmon "fry" into Connecticut River system streams. It's part of a four-decade-long attempt to bring back an iconic fish that disappeared from these waters in the early 1800s. It isn't...
Tags: Renovation, Aquaculture, South Windsor, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Lifestyle and Leisure
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It's Shad Season, And Chefs Are Adding This Favorite To Menus
The Hartford CourantSpring's delicacies are fleeting. Tulips and daffodils, fiddlehead ferns and native asparagus make their appearance for a few weeks, then fade away until the next year. The same can be said for Alosa sapidissima, better known as shad, the herring...Tags: West Hartford, Asparagus, Personal Service, Elementary Schools, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Real estate market finally kills the Great Haddam Land Swap Controversy
The Great Haddam Land Swap Controversy has reached a conclusion at last, and all because of changing land values. The Swap involved a proposed trade of 87 acres of land next to a state forest, which was owned by a developer, for 17 acres of state-owned...Tags: Haddam, Middletown, Dannel P. Malloy , Crime, Law and Justice, Forestry and Timber
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Best Breakfast Spot (Middletown)
1) O'Rourke's Diner O'Rourke's is a legendary diner in Middletown. (Part of the building burned down a few years back, but the community basically couldn't allow the place to not be rebuilt.) Each year a new crop of Wesleyan students learns the joys of...
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Vampires of the sea: Lampreys are Connecticut's most disrespected fish
They are, according to one expert, the “most wrongly disrespected fish” in the whole Connecticut River system. Another says he’s had run-ins with fishermen “beating them to death with golf clubs or anything else they can find.&...
Tags: Long Island Sound, Aquaculture, Trout, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Lakes and Ponds
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Homes Destroyed, People Missing And 767,000 Without Power After Irene
Hartford Courant / Fox CTAt least 25 homes in East Haven were destroyed, one person has died, others are missing and more than half the state is without power after Tropical Storm Irene tore through Connecticut Sunday. East Haven mayor April Capone said that at least 25 homes in...Tags: Business, Health and Safety at School, Photography and Video, Waterbury, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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