The
Pequonnock River is a waterway in eastern
Fairfield County, Connecticut, flowing through the city of
Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in
Trumbull in the 1950s. There seems to be a sharp difference of opinion among historians as to just what the Indian word
Pequonnock signifies. Some insist it meant
cleared field or
open ground; others are sure it meant
broken ground; while a third group is certain it meant
place of slaughter or
place of destruction.