Lee River
The Lees River or Lee's River, shown on federal maps as the Lee River, is a 2.9-mile-long tidal river that forms part of the boundary between Swansea and Somerset, Massachusetts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: tidal river in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Lees River”
- Address: MA
Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Massachusetts and USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr..
USS Massachusetts
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Massachusetts, hull number BB-59, is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s…
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. is a former United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer. The ship was named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator, son of the former U.S.
Brayton Point Power Station
Photo: Z22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brayton Point Power Station was a coal-fired power plant located in Somerset, Massachusetts. It was the largest coal-fired generating station in New England, and was the last coal-fired power station in Massachusetts to provide power to the regional grid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Swansea and Ocean Grove.
Ocean Grove
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ocean Grove is a census-designated place in the town of Swansea in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, on the north shore of Mount Hope Bay near the Cole River. The population was 2,811 at the 2010 census, and 2,904 as of the 2020 census.
Lee River
- Categories: tidal river and body of water
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.70844° or 41° 42′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.19949° or 71° 11′ 58″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HCPR52+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 368984386OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Lee River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Lees”
- Cebuano: “Lee River (luuk)”
- Cebuano: “Lee River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Lees”
- Venetian: “Lees”
- Welsh: “Afon Lees”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brayton Point and Globe Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brayton Point Salt Marsh and Brayton Point Beach.
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