Connetquot River

The Connetquot River (also known as Great River) is a six-mile-long (10 km) river in Islip, New York. It is one of the four longest rivers on Long Island and is recognized by the state as a Wild, Scenic and Recreational River. It is particularly known for its brook, brown and rainbow trout fly fishing.

Connetquot River
Headwaters of the Connetquot River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLakeland County Park,
Islandia, New York
 • elevation50 feet (15 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Nicholls Bay on the Great South Bay
 • coordinates
40°43′22″N 73°07′41″W
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[1]
Length6 mi (10 km)
Basin size4,500 acres (7 sq mi)

The upper reaches of the river including its headwaters are totally in the Connetquot River State Park Preserve or Lakeland County Park before it becomes an estuary. It starts just south of the Long Island Expressway from springs in the Lakeland County Park in Islandia where it is called Connetquot Brook. The estuary portion south of Sunrise Highway at Oakdale is officially called the Connetquot River although in popular usage both the brook and river share the same name.

The name comes from the Secatogue tribe name for "Great River"[2] and is different from the Carmans River on Long Island which at one time was called the Connecticut River.

The entire Connetquot River watershed habitat represents the largest undeveloped contiguous area within Suffolk County that covers an entire river watershed. The river is generated entirely from groundwater springs,[3] and like all other rivers on Long Island, does not arise from a lake.

List of crossings of the Connectquot River
Crossings Carries Location Coordinates
Unnamed Road Bridge I-495 (Long Island Expressway) Eastbound service road. Islandia
Unnamed road bridge Johnson Avenue '
Unnameded railroad bridge Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road
Unnamed road bridge Perimeter Road Connetquot River State Park
Unnamed road bridge NY 454 (Veterans Memorial Highway)
Bunces Bridge Long Island Greenbelt Trail
Unnamed footbridge Red Trail (North)
Unnamed footbridge Red Trail (Fish Hatchery)
Unnamed footbridge and dam Red and Blue Trail
Unnamed road bridge NY 27 (Sunrise Highway)
Unnamed road bridge CR 85 (Montauk Highway)
Unnamed railroad bridge Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road Great River and Oakdale
Unnamed road bridge Biltmore Avenue

References
  1. "Connetquot River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  2. Schultz, Ken (February 13, 2006). "Connetquot River So Good, So Close to Many". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. "Connetquot River Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitat Assessment Form" (PDF). New York State Department of State. December 15, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2016.


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