What is Thames River (Connecticut)?
[[Image:Thames River (Connecticut).JPG|300px|right|thumb|The Thames River, seen from the waterfront in [[New London, Connecticut]]]] The '''Thames River''', not to be confused with the [[River Thames]], is a short [[river]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] state of [[Connecticut]]. It flows south for {{convert|15|mi}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823134302/https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2017-08-23 }}, accessed April 1, 2011</ref> through eastern Connecticut. It goes from the joining of the [[Yantic River|Yantic]] and [[Shetucket River|Shetucket]] rivers at [[Norwich, Connecticut|Norwich]] to [[New London, Connecticut|New London]] and [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]]. The mouth is at the [[Long Island Sound]]. Two historic forts that are now [[List of Connecticut state parks|Connecticut State Parks]] are on the mouth of the river which forms New London habor. [[Fort Griswold]] is on the eastern [[Battle of Groton Heights|Groton Heights]]. [[Fort Trumbull]] is on the New London side. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{coord|41|18|08|N|72|04|46|W|display=title}} [[Category:Rivers of Connecticut]]