Wepawaug River

{{short description|River in Connecticut, USA}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox river | name = Wepawaug River | image = Alice-newton-park-woodbridge-ct.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Below Wepawaug Falls in Woodbridge, Connecticut. | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Connecticut | subdivision_type3 = County | subdivision_name3 = New Haven | source1 = Woodbridge, Connecticut | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | mouth = Milford Harbor to Long Island Sound | mouth_location = Milford, Connecticut | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41.22204|-73.05539|format=dms|type:river_region:US-CT|display=inline,title}} | length = | width_min = | width_max = }} The '''Wepawaug River''' is a stream in New Haven County in the U.S. state of Connecticut.<ref>{{cite gnis|211909|Wepawaug River|November 23, 2020}}</ref> It rises in Woodbridge and flows through Orange and Milford before discharging into Milford Harbor on Long Island Sound. The river is dammed at more than ten places. In Orange, dams form the Wepawaug Reservoir, managed by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and Lake Wepawaug. In Milford, dams form the Upper and Lower Lagoons.<ref name="MO-2023">{{cite news |last=May |first=Dan |title=Connecticut Is Littered With Dams |work=Milford-Orange Times |date=2023-02-09 |page=9 |url=https://theorangetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MOT_February9_2023-LR-Web.pdf |accessdate=2023-02-12 }}</ref> Race Brook is a tributary.

==History== English settlers built a grist mill by the river in 1640.<ref name="Early Milford">{{cite magazine |last1 = Greene |first1 = M. Louise |title = Early Milford |magazine = The Connecticut Magazine |date = March 1899 |volume = 5 |issue = 3 }}</ref> Another mill on the river in Orange made fabric for union soldiers’ uniforms during the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite news |author =  |title = OLT Leading Hike Through Wepawaug |url = https://www.theorangetimes.com/olt-leading-hike-through-wepawaug/ |work = Milford-Orange Times |date = October 19, 2018 |access-date = November 15, 2020 }}</ref>

==Crossings== thumb|left|Below Memorial Bridge The stone Memorial Bridge was built across the river in Milford in 1899 to commemorate Milford's history and bears the names of Milford's first settlers.<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = South Central Regional Council of Governments |title = #5 Milford Center Historic Walk |journal = Milford Center Historic Walk |date = 1991 }}</ref> The river is also crossed by U.S. Route 1, Interstate 95, Route 34 and the Wilbur Cross Parkway. {{-}}

==See also== {{Portal|Connecticut}} *List of rivers of Connecticut {{-}}

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==External links== * [https://www.nutmegtrout.org/fishing/where-to-go/wepawaug-river/ Fishing on the Wepawaug]

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