Lawrence Brook

Lawrence Brook

One of the few undammed sections of Lawrence Brook (below Davidsons Mill Pond)
Basin
River system Raritan River system
Progression Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean
Main source 40°22′33″N 74°32′32″W / 40.37583°N 74.54222°W / 40.37583; -74.54222[1]
River mouth 40°29′5″N 74°23′34″W / 40.48472°N 74.39278°W / 40.48472; -74.39278[1]
Mouth elevation 3 ft (0.91 m)
Basin area 40 sq mi (100 km2)
Country United States
Tributaries
Westons Mill Pond section of Lawrence Brook, with Rutgers University on the opposite side

Lawrence Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.[2]

Course

Originally a 10-mile (16 km) stream, its course now includes man-made lakes created by dams built in the 19th and 20th centuries: Deans Pond (South Brunswick), Davidsons Mill Pond (South Brunswick), Farrington Lake (South Brunswick, North Brunswick and East Brunswick), Mill Pond (Milltown), and Westons Mill Pond (Milltown, East Brunswick, North Brunswick and New Brunswick). Its lowest section, near the Raritan River, is tidal; it hosts marine wildlife and is regarded as a coastal area.

Its drainage basin, the Lawrence Brook watershed, is a 40-square-mile (100 km2) area, identified by the USGS code HUC 02030105130.

At the stretch at Weston's Mill Pond, Lawrence Brook crosses Rutgers University's Cook Campus, along the vegetable research Farm, the Equine Research farm, Rutgers Gardens and Helyar forest.

Though not obvious from the roadways, Lawrence Brook is a wildlife corridor, a bird migration area and a highly sensitive body of water. Power boats, except with an electric motor, are not permitted on the brook.

History

Pictures

Succession of ponds, lakes and reservoirs

(Upstream)

(Downstream)

Parks along Lawrence Brook

Main tributaries

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Lawrence Brook". USGS. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  2. Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9
  3. Indian bill of sale, Trenton Museum

External links

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