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Mattabesset River Canoe/Kayak Guide 5 Arrigoni Bridge to I-91 North When completed in 1938, the Arrigoni Bridge was the largest and most expensive EXIT est Street (R ridge bridge in Connecticut, built at a cost of $3.5 million. Its 600-foot arches are the 19 W t. 37 2) ROUTE 9 Arrigoni BBridge longest of any bridge in the state. The bridge, named for the state legislator who K Mart Mattabesset River promoted the project, received the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 1st Prize in the large bridge category in 1938. EXIT Sawmill Pub 15 HarborHarbor Park 6 Harbor Park in Middletown Main Street, Middletown Canoe/Kayak Trail Stop Harbor & Washington Street Drive N Harbor Park is the site of the former Middletown Yacht Club. Built in 1906, it was for Shop R e O w (Rt. 66) U deKoven the first part of this century a destination point for residents gathering for picnics, f T i e E Drive l 9 boating and boat races. When using the public dock at Harbor Park, please yield to d S t the Wesleyan crew teams departing and arriving at the dock. r e e t ( R Union t . 3 Street Can You Find These Plants Known to the Mattabesset? ) Trip Logistics: The Sawmill Pub launch area is very muddy at low tide, so it is best to begin your trip during high tide. If you plan to take out at Harbor Park, you can leave a car at the city park in the lot adjacent to the restaurant. If you plan to return to the pub, again, be Silver Maple Wild Rice River Bulrush Sweetflag Arrow-Arum aware of the tides. The trip time from Sawmill Pub to Harbor Park is approximately As you leave the pub you enter a typical floodplain forest dominated by silver maple 2 hours. trees. Continuing downstream the floodplain forest opens up to expose the great tidal marsh area known as Cromwell Meadows. Look for large stands of river bulrush Directions to Sawmill Pub: (the largest growth in Connecticut), sweetflag, arrow-arum and wild rice. Take Route 9 to exit 19 (Route 372/ West Street). Turn west onto West Street, and left onto Route 3 at the stoplight right before Stop & Shop. The Sawmill Pub is about The Threat of Invasive Plants 1 ⁄4 mile on the left side of road. Please park in the delineated parking spaces. Special Concern: Directions to Harbor Park: Water Chestnut Take Route 9 to exit 15 (Route 66/Washington Street). Take an immediate left onto 1 Water deKoven Drive, which parallels Route 9. Travel about ⁄2 mile, and turn left at the chestnut, stoplight at Union Street. Go under Route 9, and turn left onto Harbor Drive. Park in Eurasian another the lot on your right after Harbor Park restaurant. Water Purple Milfoil Loosestrife Phragmites aquatic plant, is Invasive plants, both native and exotic, are also found in not yet this area. They pose a threat because they often replace here but is For more information or to get involved with plant species that provide food sources and habitat for spreading efforts to improve the river: native wildlife, thus reducing biological diversity. Look for down the the attractive purple flower stalks of purple loosestrife, Connecticut River. This Middlesex County Soil & Water and the tall reedy stands of phragmites, which out-com- aggressive plant is a major Produced by: pete wetland flora. Also, the aquatic plant Eurasian water concern—please report any Conservation District, Inc. sightings immediately to deKoven House, 27 Washington St. Middlesex County Soil milfoil is spreading fast in the upper portion of the river— & Water Conservation cleaning your boat after each use will help stop this plant. the DEP at 860 / 424-3034. Middletown, CT 06457 District, Inc. 860 /346-3282 with support from: Safety and Other Reminders: Mattabesset River Watershed Association Silvio O. Conte • Children 11 years and under are required by State law to wear a personal floata- Box 7174 National Fish and tion device (PFD) at all times while on a vessel, although PFD usage is encouraged Berlin, CT 06037 Wildlife Refuge strongly for both children and adults. There must always be one PFD in the vessel 860 /828-0803 for each person. Canoeists/kayakers must wear their PFD during cold weather months from October through May. J.H. Torrance Downes Cover Art: J. H. Torrance Downes Funded by the Long Island Sound License Plate Program, • Be aware that the river and associated wetlands are used by waterfowl hunters Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Wildlife Art: Paul J. Fusco from mid-October through December. Trail Map: Catherine Johnson • When traveling on the Connecticut River, watch out for large boat traffic, strong Illustrations—Wild Rice, River Bulrush, and Town of Cromwell, Sawmill Pub Phragmites: Lauren Brown Connecticut currents and tides. Illustration—Water Chestnut: Aquatic Plants of • Please be mindful that the canoe trail area is home to several species of endan- New England Series: Trapa natans, Crow and 24 Shunpike Road Hellquist 1983. Illustration by Pam Bruns SAWMILL PUB gered or threatened birds. To minimize disturbance to nesting and foraging birds, RESTAURANT Illustration—Eurasian Water Milfoil: Annie Chappel & BAR small creeks and marsh edges should be avoided. June 2001 Graphic Artist: Pat Rasch Cromwell, Connecticut acquired from the Native Americans were replaced by farms, The Mattabesset River manufacturing mills, foundries, sawmills and quarrying operations. From its headwaters in the Hanging Hills of Meriden, the Mattabesset River Canoe/Kayak Trail Streams were dammed to supply water for milling and manufactur- Mattabesset River flows approximately 18 miles as it makes its way ing, and forests were cleared for lumber and agriculture. to the Connecticut River just north of the Arrigoni Bridge at the Belted kingfishers call The Sawmill Pub occupies the site of an old sawmill that used Middletown/Cromwell line. The Mattabesset’s largest tributary, loudly as they fly across the river. water from the Mattabesset River to run its mill. The Cusano family, the Coginchaug River, meets the Mattabesset about one mile which owns the pub, in an agreement with the Town of Cromwell before it enters the Connecticut River. Areas of Berlin, Cromwell, to I-91 North has graciously allowed use of the property for public access to the Guilford, Durham, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown, New Britain, Great blue herons stalk W river. In the summer, you will see the family vegetable garden Red-tailed hawks build prey in the shallows. est St large stick nests along Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill and Southington are within the reet (Rt. behind the pub. Stop in and try their pizza—it’s delicious! the Mattabesset. 37 Mattabesset watershed, which encompasses approximately 110 square miles. EXIT 19 2) Beginning about 10,000 years ago, as the last glacial ice retreated from New ) 9 2 Cromwell Meadows England, Native American populations settled Connecticut and the areas along the 9 t. Cromwell Meadows, also known as Round and Boggy Meadows, is a large freshwater R Mattabesset and Coginchaug rivers. The Mattabeseck and Wangunk tribes inhabited ( l Sawmill Pub l tidal wetland located at the confluence of the Coginchaug and Mattabesset rivers. It this area, and were nicknamed the “River Indians” due to their reliance on the rivers 1 e w is one of 20 significant wetlands within the internationally recognized for subsistence. m o Once Europeans began to settle Connecticut, land use along the Mattabesset River r Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal River Wetlands Complex, and a C changed. Agriculture was the dominant land use through the Revolutionary War era. key conservation area of The Nature Conservancy in the lower , t Connecticut River, one of the 40 “last great places in the Western However, the availability of more fertile lands farther west led to the mass abandon- R CROMWELL e O e r Watch for U t Hemisphere.” A significant portion of the meadows is owned by ment of farms and great migration of farmers during the 1800s. Those who stayed T S ospreys E n 9 i the State of Connecticut as a wildlife management area. fishing worked in the many factories springing up along the rivers and streams, and manu- a and nesting on the M Due to its rare species, fisheries, wetlands, water birds and facturing became a major economic force. platforms in Cromwell N unusual habitat, Cromwell Meadows is designated a high priority Meadows, erected by the The change in land use practices over Special Concern: Turbidity e w Mattabesset River Watershed f Special Focus Area within the Silvio Conte National Fish and the past century from farming to business i Association in 1998. e r A fairly common notion among local resi- l d Wildlife Refuge. The large wetland area provides habitat for and industry took a toll on the Round Meadow e dents is that the Mattabesset River is a S v t migrating wood ducks, black ducks, teal, and nesting wood ducks. It hosts several r i Mattabesset River. Industrial wastes and naturally “muddy” river due to the ero- e e R species of fish-eating birds including great blue heron, green-backed heron, osprey, raw sewage from the growing population t sive characteristics of the watershed soils. ( 2 R t belted kingfisher, ring-billed gull and the double crested cormorant. Many species of contributed to a severe decline of water t. u It is true that during rainstorms the 3 ) c wetland and marsh birds can be seen in the Mattabesset, including marsh wren, quality and loss of aquatic life in the river. Mattabesset often becomes turbid, or Cromwell Meadows i State Wildlife Area t common yellow-throat, red wing blackbird, and swamp sparrow.
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