Quaddick Reservoir is a man-made body of water in the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Thompson
Thompson may refer to:
People
* Thompson (surname)
* Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician
Places Australia
*Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality
Bulgaria
* Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province
Canada
* ...
,
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
. The reservoir has three sections: Lower (124 acres),
[ Middle (203 acres),][ and Upper (81 acres).][ It originated with the completion of a dam on the ]Five Mile River
The Five Mile River is a river located in Connecticut's Northeast Corner and flows through the towns of Thompson, Putnam, and Killingly.The original Nipmuc name was ''Assawaga'', meaning "place between" or "halfway place". The Assawaga received ...
in 1865.[ Quaddick State Park sits on the eastern shore of the Middle Reservoir.][
]
References
External links
Quaddick State Park
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Quaddick Lake Association
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Reservoirs in Connecticut
Thompson, Connecticut
Connecticut placenames of Native American origin
Lakes of Windham County, Connecticut
1865 establishments in Connecticut