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Coordinates: 41°53′4.7″N 72°25′34″W / 41.884639°N 72.42611°W

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Shenipsit Lake
Shenipsit Lake
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Location	Tolland County, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°53′4.7″N 72°25′34″W / 41.884639°N 72.42611°W / 41.884639; -72.42611
Type	natural lake, reservoir
Primary outflows	Hockanum River
Basin countries	United States

Surface area	522.8 acres (2.116 km²)

Shenipsit Lake (or Snipsic lake; shin-ip-SIT), known locally as "The Snip", is a natural lake used as a water storage facility with a water size of 522.8 acres (2.116 km²) located in Tolland County, Connecticut, bordering the towns of Ellington, Tolland and the Rockville section of Vernon, Connecticut, at 41°53′4.7″N 72°25′34″W / 41.884639°N 72.42611°W / 41.884639; -72.42611. It is the source of the Hockanum River.

History

Native American trails pass directly by Shenipsit Lake. The trails were used by early European settlers to proceed from the East towards the Connecticut River. The trail exists in parts unpaved near the lake.

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Water Quality Assessment

Canals and reservoirs of Connecticut

Canals

Reservoirs

Connecticut River Watershed	Lake Beseck Shenipsit Lake
Housatonic River Watershed	Candlewood Lake Hop Brook Lake Lake Zoar
Pequonnock River Watershed	Success Lake
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck Reservoir Saugatuck Reservoir
Thames River Watershed	Killingly Pond Mansfield Hollow Lake Quaddick Reservoir West Thompson Lake
Others	Hemlock Reservoir Higganum Reservoir Kohanza Reservoir Lake Gaillard Lake Lillinonah West Hartford Reservoir

Lakes and ponds of Connecticut by drainage system

Lakes

Byram River Watershed	Converse Lake
Connecticut River Watershed	Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug Shenipsit Lake
Farm River Watershed	Lake Saltonstall
Hammonasset River Watershed	Deer Lake
Housatonic River Watershed	Bantam Lake Candlewood Lake Crystal Lake Highland Lake Hop Brook Lake Lake Quassapaug Lake Waramaug Lake Zoar Twin Lakes
Pequonnock River Watershed	Great Hollow Lake Pinewood Lake Success Lake
Quinnipiac River Watershed	Lake Whitney
Thames River Watershed	Ashford Lake Gardner Lake Lake Chaffee Mansfield Hollow Lake Mashapaug Lake West Thompson Lake
Others	Lake Gaillard Lake Lillinonah Squantz Pond Tuxis Pond

Ponds

Connecticut River Watershed	Millers Pond
Housatonic River Watershed	Burr Pond
Thames River Watershed	Killingly Pond
Others	Round Pond

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