Weweantic River

Coordinates: 41°43′18″N 70°43′30″W / 41.72171°N 70.7249°W / 41.72171; -70.7249
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The Weweantic River and environs

The Weweantic River is a 17.0-mile-long (27.4 km)

Wampanoag language
.

The river arises in wetlands in

Buzzards Bay estuary in Wareham near the mouth of the Sippican River. Its watershed covers approximately 18,000 acres (73 km2), with many cranberry
bogs in its upper reaches.

Although the river has historically abounded in fish and shellfish, it currently has no significant herring population due to dam obstruction below Horseshoe Pond, and is closed to shellfish harvesting due to bacterial contamination.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011

41°43′18″N 70°43′30″W / 41.72171°N 70.7249°W / 41.72171; -70.7249