Shunock River

River

Shunock River

National Wild and Scenic River
Designated	March 12, 2019^[1]

The Shunock River is a river belonging to Connecticut state in the United States of America.^[2]^[3] It is an eastward flowing river that joins the Pawcatuck River.^[4] According to a 1978 study, the lower Shunock River valley had a good potential for sustainable exploitation of its ground water reserves.^[5]

Etymology

The name Shunock means a place where confluence of two rivers takes place in Native American language.^[6]^[7]

Town Hall Bridge

The Town Hall Bridge, on the main street of North Stonington, over the Shuncok was a National Register of Historic Places listed monument. It was washed away during the March 2010 floods on 30 March 2010. The bridge connected two parts of the town situated on either banks of the river. The bridge has been subsequently rebuilt, the two arch bridge having been replaced by a concrete single arc one.^[8]

References

^ "Explore Designated Rivers". Rivers.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ Circular. The Survey. 1965. p. 1920. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ John Henry Frederick Feth (1965). Selected references on saline ground-water resources of the United States. U.S. Geological Survey. p. 1963. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Estimated water use and availability in the Pawcatuck Basin, southern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut, 1995-99. DIANE Publishing. 2004. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4289-8392-2. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 82. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Native American Place Names of Connecticut. Applewood Books. 1 March 2001. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-55709-540-4. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ William Bright (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Isaacs, Anna (2013-03-30). "At last, North Stonington bridges the gap". The Day. Connecticut. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

Rivers of Connecticut by drainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Titicus River

v t e Pawcatuck River Watershed
Tributaries	Ashaway River Beaver River Chipuxet River Flat River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Queen River Shunock River Usquepaug River Wood River