Ladies; In my trusty old 1938 Edition of Collier's World Atlas & Gaz- etteer I find nothing of an "Indian River." However, in my more re- cent 1996 Rand McNally Atlas, I find an "Indian Lake;" but no Indian River. It is located East of Kingston just South of the junction of Rts. 138 & 4. There is a settlement there designated as Indian Lake Shores. The Lake is shown as having a dam located at it's southerly end with an unnamed waterway flowing ?into or out of? the dam. This leads me to suspect that the dam was erected at some point to create Indian Lake, & the now unnamed waterway was originally the Indian River. Does this make sense? Food for thought! BILL in CT -END- -------------------------------------------------------------- On 1/30/06 3:52 PM, "DonnaRNCEN@aol.com" <DonnaRNCEN@aol.com> wrote: > "all of the land between Narragansett Bay on the east, the Indian Road on the > west, the Cove on the north, and the Annaquatucket River to the south. " > > > (Quote from the Updyck genealogy by Charles Wilson Opdyke). > I know where the bay is and the Annaquatucket River but where was the > > Indian River? Also does anyone know to which "cove" this quote refers? Hi Donna, Here is a link to a map showing the area. The "cove" could be Duck Cove or north of that is Wickford Cove. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=41.54889&lon=-71.43667 Indian Road would be the old Post Road or Boston Neck Road, wouldn't it? Hope this helps! Sheila ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== Visit RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative: http://www.rootsweb.com/ WorldConnect Project -- Connecting the World One GEDCOM at a Time http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
Bill and All Indian Lake,I believe, was constructed as a Reservoir at a much later date. There are two rivers flowing from the lake. The river from the dam is called Fresh Meadow Brook and flows into the Saugatucket River and out to Narragansett Bay. The second brook flows out of the swampy area just east of the dam and forms a river called Indian Run that flows into Indian Run Reservoir located behind Old Mountain Field in Wakefield. This eventually flows into the Saugatucket too. The only thing I know for sure, is that the fishing is fine in Indian Lake. Charlie C Charlie Carpenter Washington County,R.I. Johnny cakes are spoiled by Maple syrup ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Waterhouse" <wm.r.waterhouse@mailstation.com> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:05 AM Subject: Re:Re: [RIGENWEB] Indian River - where was it?? (Ca 1650s,K > Ladies; In my trusty old 1938 Edition of Collier's World Atlas & Gaz- > etteer I find nothing of an "Indian River." However, in my more re- > cent 1996 Rand McNally Atlas, I find an "Indian Lake;" but no Indian > River. It is located East of Kingston just South of the junction of > Rts. 138 & 4. There is a settlement there designated as Indian Lake > Shores. The Lake is shown as having a dam located at it's southerly > end with an unnamed waterway flowing ?into or out of? the dam. > > This leads me to suspect that the dam was erected at some point to > create Indian Lake, & the now unnamed waterway was originally the > Indian River. Does this make sense? Food for thought! > BILL in CT > -END- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > On 1/30/06 3:52 PM, "DonnaRNCEN@aol.com" <DonnaRNCEN@aol.com> wrote: > > > "all of the land between Narragansett Bay on the east, the Indian Road on the > > west, the Cove on the north, and the Annaquatucket River to the south. " > > > > (Quote from the Updyck genealogy by Charles Wilson Opdyke). > > I know where the bay is and the Annaquatucket River but where was the > > > Indian River? Also does anyone know to which "cove" this quote refers? > > Hi Donna, > > Here is a link to a map showing the area. The "cove" could be Duck Cove or north of that is Wickford Cove. > > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=41.54889&lon=-71.43667 > > Indian Road would be the old Post Road or Boston Neck Road, wouldn't it? > > Hope this helps! > > Sheila > > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > Visit RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative: http://www.rootsweb.com/ WorldConnect Project -- Connecting the World One GEDCOM at a Time http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > The RI Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ri/rifiles.htm > RIGenWeb Archives Search http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ri/risearch.html > >