page_title: Hutchinson River
section_title: Reservoirs
hierarchical_section_title: Hutchinson River / Reservoirs
caption_attribution_description: English: A section of the Hutchinson River that appears to be wild, just upstream from Reservoir #3 and downstream of Dam #1.
context_page_description: The Hutchinson River is a freshwater stream located in the Bronx, and Southern Westchester County, New York. The river forms in Scarsdale at Brookline Road and flows 10 miles south until it empties into Eastchester Bay in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
  The river provides the basis for the jagged city line at the north-west of New Rochelle's, where it abuts Scarsdale and then Eastchester; further dowstream and south, it plays a similar role between Mount Vernon and Pelham.
  The river is named for Anne Hutchinson, who came from Rhode Island in 1642 and settled on Pelham Neck to the east of the river, across from where Co-op City is now. She is described as murdered, by a group of Native Americans, the following year.
context_section_description: The New Rochelle Water Company dammed the Hutchinson River at three places between 1886 and 1907, creating three reservoirs at the northern end of the community. The Westchester County Park Commission purchased the reservoirs and the surrounding water shed property in 1927, for parkland and parkway purposes. A part of the land was used for the Hutchinson River Parkway, which follows the river for most of its distance.
  The three reservoirs are numbered in the order they were built. Reservoir No. 1, which is now known as Lake Innisfree, is furthest upstream, and was constructed in 1886. Lake Innisfree is the largest of the reservoirs. It is mostly surrounded by private land, but its dam and part of its eastern shore can be accessed on foot by the Leatherstocking Trail. The Hutchinson River runs about .75 miles from Lake Innisfree to the northern reaches of Reservoir 3, constructed in 1907. Immediately after exiting Reservoir 3 the river flows under the Hutchinson River Parkway and then only about .1 mile to Reservoir 2, which was constructed in 1892 and is the smallest of the three. Reservoir 3 and Reservoir 2 are both contained within Twin Lakes County Park and are accessible by the Leatherstocking Trail and other trails. All three reservoirs are no longer for water supply.
caption: Wild-looking portion of Hutchinson River between Lake Innisfree and Reservoir 3
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