Pawcatuck River

Pawcatuck River

      river rising in Worden Pond and Great Swamp, South Kingstown, R.I., U.S. It flows generally southwestward, emptying into Little Narragansett Bay after a course of about 30 miles (50 km). The river passes Shannock, Carolina, Bradford, Potter Hill, and Westerly and forms part of the boundary between Rhode Island and Connecticut. Several dams on the river supply power for manufacturing plants. The name is derived from an Algonquian Indian word that probably means “open divided stream.”

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