Silvermine River

River in New York, Connecticut

41°15′18″N 73°30′50″W / 41.255°N 73.514°W / 41.255; -73.514 • elevation700 feet (210 m) 2nd sourceEast Branch Silvermine River • locationpond northwest of Whipstick Rd and Nod Rd • coordinates41°16′08″N 73°28′55″W / 41.269°N 73.482°W / 41.269; -73.482 • elevation700 feet (210 m) MouthNorwalk River

• location

north end of Deering Pond

• coordinates

41°08′02″N 73°25′48″W / 41.134°N 73.430°W / 41.134; -73.430Length8.4 miles (13.5 km)Basin size59 square kilometres (23 sq mi)

The Silvermine River is an 8.4-mile-long (13.5 km)^[1] river that flows through the towns of Norwalk, Wilton and New Canaan, Connecticut. It is spanned by the 1899 Perry Avenue Bridge in the Silvermine neighborhood, and by the Silvermine River Bridge that carries the Merritt Parkway. It is a tributary of the Norwalk River which it joins at the north end of Deering Pond. ^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
^ Silvermine River Pictorial Atlas Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Norwalk River Watershed Association. Accessed 12 Feb 2011.

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