The Eel River is a river mostly in the village of
Chiltonville in
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth (; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as ...
. Its headwaters are springs and small ponds above
Russell Millpond
Russell Millpond, also known as Russell Mill Pond, is a pond in the Chiltonville, Massachusetts, Chiltonville village of Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Fed by springs and water from cranberry bogs, the outflow of the pond is the Eel River ...
. Its watershed encompasses approximately . It flows along
Plimoth Plantation
Plimoth Patuxet is a complex of living history museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts, founded in 1947. Formerly Plimoth Plantation, it replicates the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by the English coloni ...
and
Plymouth Beach for about ½ mile before emptying into
Plymouth Harbor
Plymouth Harbor is a harbor located in Plymouth, a town in the South Shore region of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is part of the larger Plymouth Bay. Historically, Plymouth Harbor was the site of anchorage of the ''Mayflower'' where the ...
between the beach and Manters Point.
Crossings
Below is a list of all crossings over the Eel River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.
*Russell Mills Road
*
Route 3
*Sandwich Road
*River Street
*
Plimoth Plantation Highway
Plimoth Patuxet Highway, formerly Plimoth Plantation Highway, is a short unnumbered two-lane freeway with plastic stanchions posted on a rumbled asphalt median in Plymouth in the US state of Massachusetts. The highway was created in 1951 as a seg ...
*Warren Avenue (
Route 3A)
Tributaries
Shingle Brook is the only named tributary of the Eel River.
External links
Pilgrim Hall MuseumThe Eel River Watershed StudyTown of Plymouth
Rivers of Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Rivers of Massachusetts
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