town of Northampton. Camping is available along much of the river, for non-motorized boats, via the Connecticut River Paddlers' Trail. The Paddlers' Trail currently includes campsites on over of the river. Pollution and cleanup The Water Quality Act of 1965 had a major impact on controlling water pollution in the Connecticut River and its tributaries. Since then, the river has been restored from Class D to Class B (fishable and swimmable). Many towns along the Lower Connecticut River have enacted a cap on further development along the banks, so that no buildings may be constructed except on existing foundations. Currently, a website provides water quality reports twice a week, indicating whether various portions of the river are safe for swimming, boating and fishing. Lists Populated places Tributaries Listed from south to north by location of mouth: Black Hall River (Old Lyme, CT) Falls River (Essex, CT) Eightmile River (Hamburg, CT) Deep River (Deep River, CT) Salmon River (Moodus, CT) Mattabesset River (Middletown, CT) Hockanum River (East Hartford and Hartford, CT) Park River (Hartford, CT) Farmington River (Windsor, CT) Scantic River (South Windsor, CT) Westfield River (West Springfield and Springfield, MA) Mill River (Springfield, MA) Chicopee River (Chicopee and Springfield, MA) Manhan River (The Oxbow of Northampton, MA) Mill River (Northampton, MA) Fort River (Hadley, MA) Mill River (Hatfield, MA) Mill River (Amherst, MA) Sawmill River (Montague, MA) Deerfield River (Deerfield and Greenfield, MA) Fall River (Greenfield and Gill, MA) Millers River (Millers Falls, MA) Ashuelot River (Hinsdale, NH) Whetstone Brook (Brattleboro, VT) West River (Brattleboro, VT) Partridge Brook (Westmoreland, NH) Cold River (Walpole, NH) Saxtons River (Westminster, VT) Williams River (Rockingham, VT) Black River (Springfield, VT) Little Sugar River (Charlestown, NH) Sugar River (Claremont, NH) Blow-me-down Brook (Cornish, NH) Ottauquechee River (Hartland, VT) Mascoma River (West Lebanon, NH) White River (White River Junction, VT) Mink Brook (Hanover, NH) Ompompanoosuc River (Norwich, VT) Waits River (Bradford, VT) Oliverian Brook (Haverhill, NH) Wells River (Wells River, VT) Ammonoosuc River (Woodsville, NH) Stevens River (Barnet, VT) Passumpsic River (Barnet, VT) Johns River (Dalton, NH) Israel River (Lancaster, NH) Upper Ammonoosuc River (Northumberland, NH) Paul Stream (Brunswick, VT) Nulhegan River (Bloomfield, VT) Simms Stream (Columbia, NH) Mohawk River (Colebrook, NH) Halls Stream (Beecher Falls, VT) Indian Stream (Pittsburg, NH) Perry Stream (Pittsburg, NH) Crossings The Connecticut River is a barrier to travel between western and eastern New England. Several major transportation corridors cross the