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The Pawcatuck River is a short river in the northeastern United States , approximately 30 mi/48 km long. It forms part of the boundary between the states of Connecticut (to the west) and Rhode Island to the east, emptying into Long Island Sound . The river was specificied as the western boundary of the Rhode Island Colony in its original charter in 1636 . The river was formerly called "Charles River" between its source and the mouth of Wood River near Bradford, Rhode Island . It rises in southern Rhode Island in Worden Pond, then flows west and southeast past Kenyon , Carolina , and Bradford. It then turns briefly northwest and west before resuming a southwarward course to flow past Potter Hill and between the towns of Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, Connecticut . It empties into Little Narragansett Bay on Long Island Sound approximately 13 mi/21 km east of New London, Connecticut . |
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