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Housatonic

American  
[hoo-suh-ton-ik] / ˌhu səˈtɒn ɪk /

noun

  1. a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.


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New Zealander Annea Lockwood offered a 90-minute journey down the Housatonic River captured by loudspeakers in surround sound.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

The Civil War also made a little naval history when the Confederacy's Hunley became the first submarine to sink an opposing warship when it attacked the USS Housatonic in 1864.

From Salon • May 14, 2022

The birders have reached Milford Point, a barrier beach at the mouth of the Housatonic River.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2021

Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., signed an agreement in July inviting students at Gateway and Housatonic community colleges to take three classes for free, get a Quinnipiac ID while doing so and join campus activities.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019

A century-and-a-half after it sunk the Housatonic and more than twenty years after the submarine was raised, it remains a mystery.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler