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Often referred to by locals as "Quonnie Pond", or "Quonnie", the lagoon is bounded on the south by coastal beaches, with a narrow breach way, created by the Army Corps of
Engineers in the 1950s, providing access to Block Island Sound, and the Atlantic Ocean. The westernmost side of Quonnie is the
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Westerly and Charlestown cuts through the middle of the pond. Water quality in past years has been very good because the pond is relatively deep, well flushed by the tides, and development has been limited. It is the least intensely developed of the ponds. Most of the
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Quonochontaug Pond is the deepest and most saline of the salt ponds. It is connected directly to the sea by a breachway that was stabilized with rock jetties by the US Army Corps of
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In the past few years, development pressures have increased dramatically, even though the watershed area is relatively small and a large portion of it is wet, red maple swamps. Much of the available remaining land is being subdivided into building lots.
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transported through the breachway into the pond where it settles and creates expanding shoals. In contrast to the other ponds, however, much of its western barrier beach remains in a protected, undeveloped state even though it is privately owned.
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development is residential, and much of it is occupied only seasonally. Like all the ponds, Quonochontaug is an important nursery for winter flounder, young striped bass, blue fish, and
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209:References
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164:Geography
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189:See also
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