Lieutenant River

River in Connecticut

41°19′35″N 72°19′45″W / 41.3265°N 72.3292°W / 41.3265; -72.3292

The Lieutenant River is a 3.7-mile-long (6.0 km)^[1] tidal river located in Old Lyme, Connecticut. It joins the Connecticut River in the estuary, just above the point where that river flows into Long Island Sound.

The river has a public boat launch and is a popular fishing spot.^[2]

The Lieutenant River is popular among artists and photographers. A number of American impressionist artists, including Childe Hassam, painted views of the river while staying at the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme.^[3]^[4]

The Florence Griswold Museum was designed with windows that have sweeping views of the Lieutenant River.^[5]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
^ "Connecticut Coastal Access Guide - Lieutenant River State Boat Launch". Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
^ "The Lieutenant River". www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24.
^ http://bmcgurgan.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/lieutenant-river-sketches. Retrieved 2009-06-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Zimmer, William (2002-06-30). "ART; The Griswold Celebrates New Space and New Art". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-25.

Rivers of Connecticut by drainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River