The Weweantic River is a
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accessed April 1, 2011 river in southeastern
. Its name means "crooked" or "wandering stream" in the
Wampanoag language
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.
The river arises in wetlands in
Carver, meanders generally south through swampy birch and maple forests in
Middleborough
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The town was first settled by Europeans in 1661 as Nemasket, later changed to M ...
and
Rochester
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, and drains into a
Buzzards Bay
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estuary in
Wareham near the mouth of the
Sippican River
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. Its watershed covers approximately , with many
cranberry
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bogs in its upper reaches.
Although the river has historically abounded in fish and shellfish, it currently has no significant herring population due to dam obstruction below Horseshoe Pond, and is closed to shellfish harvesting due to
bacteria
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l contamination.
References
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Wareham, Massachusetts
Rivers of Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Rivers of Massachusetts
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