found: Work cat.: Marshall, N. The scallop estuary : the natural features of the Niantic River, 1994:p. 1 (since the Niantic River is dominated by saltwater and lacks any stretch of predominantly freshwater, it is technically an estuary)
found: GNIS, Feb. 21, 2006(Niantic River, stream, New London Co., Conn., variant names: Black Bay, Frisius River, Tohet River, Vriesche River; Black Bay also variant name of Niantic Bay)
found: The Columbia gazetteer of North America, via WWW, Feb. 21, 2006(under New London, county, Conn.: Drained by Yantie, Shetucket, Thames, Mystic, Quinebaug, Pawcatuck (E boundary), and Niantic rivers)
