passaic river history

The Passaic River is a river, approximately 80 miles long, in Northern New Jersey. The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey, called the Great Swamp, draining much of the northern portion of the state through its tributaries.
  • Etymology: Algonquian, meaning "peaceful valley"
  • Country: United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • Counties: Hudson, Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Union, Somerset
  • District: Northern New Jersey, Gateway, Skylands
  • Cities: Newark · Paterson, Clifton, Garfield, Elmwood Park, New Jersey · Passaic
  • Source: Dubourg Pond
Data from: en.wikipedia.org