The Whiting River is a southward-flowing stream located in
and the far northwest corner of
Connecticut
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in the
United States
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. The river runs for seven miles from its source at the Thousand Acre Swamp in
New Marlborough before emptying into the
Blackberry River
The Blackberry River is a westward-flowing river located entirely in the far northwest corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The river runs for through the towns of Norfolk and North Canaan, where it empties into the Housatonic River. The rive ...
in
North Canaan
North Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,211 at the 2020 census. The town center is still called "Canaan", being the main town center of the old town of Canaan prior to North Canaan splitting o ...
. The river follows a curving southwesterly course for four miles in Massachusetts, passing over 100-foot-high Campbell Falls at
Campbell Falls State Park Reserve, where it is joined by the northwest-flowing Ginger Creek.
[ It flows south for 2.78 miles from the state line north of Canaan Valley to its mouth on the ]Blackberry River
The Blackberry River is a westward-flowing river located entirely in the far northwest corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The river runs for through the towns of Norfolk and North Canaan, where it empties into the Housatonic River. The rive ...
in Connecticut.[
]
Watershed
The Whiting River drains marshy areas of the southern part of New Marlborough. The river's watershed includes Wolf Swamp, Thousand Acre Swamp, East Indies Pond, and Hay Meadow Pond. Two man-made lakes, Cookson Pond and Windemere Lake, also discharge into the Whiting River in Massachusetts.[
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References
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Rivers of Connecticut
Rivers of Massachusetts
Rivers of Litchfield County, Connecticut
Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts
North Canaan, Connecticut
New Marlborough, Massachusetts