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Quinebaug River
The
Quinebaug River
is a river in south-central
Massachusetts
and eastern
Connecticut
, with watershed extending into western
Rhode Island
. The name "Quinebaug" comes from the southern
New England
Native American
term, spelled variously
Qunnubbâgge
,
Quinibauge
, etc., meaning "long pond", from
qunni-
, "long", and
-paug
, "pond". The river is one of the namesake rivers in the
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
.
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