Pawtuxet River

The Pawtuxet River, also known as the Pawtuxet River Main Stem and the Lower Pawtuxet, is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows 12.3 miles (19.8 km) and empties into the upper Narragansett Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. Together with its two main tributary branches, the North Branch Pawtuxet River and the South Branch Pawtuxet River, it drains a watershed of 231.6 square miles (600 km2), all of which is in the state of R.I.

This article is about the river in Rhode Island. For the river in Maryland, see Patuxent River.

Pawtuxet River
Original home of the Fruit of the Loom Company on the Pawtuxet River at Pontiac Village Warwick
Location
CountryUnited States
StateRhode Island
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKent County, Rhode Island
Mouth 
 • location
Providence River
 • coordinates
41.764416°N 71.389094°W / 41.764416; -71.389094
Discharge 
 • locationProvidence River
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