Monatiquot River

Monatiquot River
Monatiquot River
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Main source	Braintree, Massachusetts; 30 feet (9 m)
River mouth	Weymouth Fore River; sea level; 42°13′25″N 70°58′03″W / 42.2236°N 70.9676°WCoordinates: 42°13′25″N 70°58′03″W / 42.2236°N 70.9676°W
Length	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Basin features
Basin size	28.7 square miles (74 km2)

The Monatiquot River is a 4.9-mile-long (7.9 km)^[1] river in Braintree, Massachusetts, formed by the confluence of the Farm River and Cochato River (42°11′41″N 71°00′46″W / 42.19475°N 71.0127°W / 42.19475; -71.0127 (Monatiquot River source)) in the Braintree Municipal Golf Course, flowing in swampy meanders to the northeast, and emptying into the tidal Weymouth Fore River estuary. Its drainage area is 28.7 square miles (74 km²).

The river was a key aspect of colonial Braintree for its river herring. Later its strong flow was useful for early industry such as grist mills. It has remained a relatively clean river to date, with wildlife including birds, turtles, muskrats and fish, but recently has been polluted by sediments from the Graziano Inc. concrete batching operation.

The river was also where Paul Revere operated a nail mill from when he was alive until the 1860s when the Mill was retooled. That nail company has since moved to southeastern Massachusetts and is still in business today producing nails on the same equipment installed during that 1860s retooling.

Weymouth watershed
Monatiquot River and environs

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011

Environmental Protection Agency
United States Geological Survey
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
"Monatiquot River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 24 February 1974. Retrieved 2011-04-04.

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[NHD-1] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011

Rivers of Massachusetts
Atlantic Ocean	Tiasquam River
Buzzards Bay	Acushnet River Agawam River Back River Copicut River Crooked River Mattapoisett River Nasketucket River Paskamanset River Pocasset River Sippican River Slocums River Wankinco River Westport River Weweantic River
Cape Cod Bay	Eel River Herring River Jones River Little Pamet River Pamet River Town Brook
Connecticut River Watershed	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
Gulf of Maine	Annisquam River Blackwater River Eagle Hill River Egypt River Ipswich River Jericho Creek Roger Island River Rowley River Skug River
Housatonic River Watershed	Housatonic River Konkapot River Schenob Brook Umpachene River
Hudson River Watershed	Hoosic River Kinderhook Creek
Massachusetts Bay	Aberjona River Alewife Brook Canton River Charles River Chelsea Creek Cochato River Fore River Fresh River Indian Head River Malden River Millers River Monatiquot River Mother Brook Muddy River Mystic River Neponset River North River Saugus River Stony Brook (Boston) Stony Brook (Waltham) Stop River Weir River Weymouth Back River
Merrimack River Watershed	Artichoke River Assabet River Back River Beaver Brook Cochichewick River Concord River Little River Merrimack River Nashua River Nissitissit River North Nashua River Phillips Brook Powwow River Quinapoxet River Salmon Brook Shawsheen River South Branch Souhegan River South Nashua River Spicket River Squannacook River Stillwater River Sudbury River Trout Brook Vine Brook Whitman River
Nantucket Sound	Bass River Bumps River Childs River Coonamesset River Mashpee River Mitchell River Oyster Pond River Popponesset Creek Quashnet River Santuit River
Narragansett Bay	Barrington River Cole River Coles Brook Kickamuit River Lees River Palmer River Runnins River
Providence River Watershed	Abbott Run Blackstone River Bungay River Chockalog River Mill River Mumford River Peters River Quinsigamond River Sevenmile River Tannery River Ten Mile River Thacher River West River Wilde River
Taunton River Watershed	Assonet River Canoe River Cedar Swamp River Cocasset River Cotley River Forge River Hockomock River Matfield River Mill River Nemasket River Poor Meadow Brook Quequechan River Rumford River Salisbury Plain River Satucket River Segreganset River Shumatuscacant River Snake River Taunton River Three Mile River Town River Wading River Winnetuxet River
Thames River Watershed	French River Quinebaug River