Pollution History and Recovery of the Lower Connecticut River (Oxbow to Long Island Sound)
Early River Conditions and Pre-Industrial Impacts (1600s–1700s) Prior to European settlement, the Connecticut River’s waters were essentially pristine, supporting rich fisheries and clear flows. Indigenous peoples fished and farmed along the river, which they called Quinnetukut (“long tidal river”), without degrading its water quality connecticuthistory.org Early European colonists in the 1600s and 1700s made [...]