Mashamoquet Brook State Park ( ) is a public recreation area in the

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. Notable features of the

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include the Wolf Den national historic site, the

Brayton Grist Mill Brayton Grist Mill is an historic grist mill along Mashamoquet Brook, at the entrance to Mashamoquet Brook State Park off United States Route 44 in Pomfret, Connecticut. Built about 1890, it is one of the best-preserved 19th-century rural grist m ...

, and the Table Rock and Indian Chair natural stone formations. The

offers facilities for camping, swimming, fishing, and picnicking. It is managed by the

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History

Mashamoquet Brook first came to the attention of the State Park Commission when former Pomfret resident Sarah Fay donated eleven and a half acres of the stream's hemlock-lined gorge to the state in 1918. In 1925, that parcel was combined with the Wolf Den, site of

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's legendary wolf slaying, which the

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had purchased in 1899. The donation of the Hotchkins Wolf Den Farm parcel in 1957 together with other purchases and gifts brought the park to its present size of over 900 acres.

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Mashamoquet Brook State Park
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Mashamoquet Brook State Park Map
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection {{authority control State parks of Connecticut Parks in Windham County, Connecticut Protected areas established in 1918 Pomfret, Connecticut Campgrounds in Connecticut 1918 establishments in Connecticut