The Beaverdam Brook is a tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Lawrence Brook

Lawrence Brook

Lawrence Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River. Its entire course is in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.-Course:Originally a stream, its course now includes man-made lakes created by dams built in the 19th and 20th centuries: Deans Pond , Davidsons Mill Pond , Farrington Lake...

 in central East Brunswick, New Jersey

New Jersey

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 in the United States

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Course

The source of the Beaverdam Brook is at 40°25′33"N 74°25′44"W in central East Brunswick, near the intersection of CR-617 (Ryders Lane) with Dunhams Corner Road. It crosses Dutch Road and the New Jersey Turnpike

New Jersey Turnpike

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. It flows under Hardenburg Lane and goes through the Tamarack County Golf Course. It crosses Fresh Ponds Road and Riva Avenue and drains into the Farrington Lake

Farrington Lake

Farrington Lake is a scenic freshwater reservoir in Middlesex County, New Jersey near Milltown, New Jersey. Created by a dam on the Lawrence Brook, a tributary of the Raritan River, the lake is in fact a widened section of the Lawrence Brook...

, a dam

Dam

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med section of the Lawrence Brook, at 40°25′53"N 74°28′18"W.

Accessibility

This stream crosses many roads and runs through a golf course, both of which make it easily accessible.

Sister tributaries

• Great Ditch
  Great Ditch
  The Great Ditch is a drainage ditch that drains certain areas of the Pigeon Swamp State Park.-Course:The Great Ditch starts at , in the Pigeon Swamp State Park...
  
  
• Ireland Brook
  Ireland Brook (New Jersey)
  Ireland Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.Ireland Brook is a moderately long stream that drains an area in central East Brunswick.-Course:...
  
  
• Oakeys Brook
  Oakeys Brook (New Jersey)
  Oakeys Brook is a tributary of the Lawrence Brook, a branch of the Raritan River in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.Its source is in western South Brunswick. It drains into Farrington Lake in western East Brunswick.-Course:...
  
  
• Sawmill Brook
  Sawmill Brook (New Jersey)
  The Sawmill Brook is a tributary of the Lawrence Brook. It drains a section in northwestern East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.-Course:...
  
  
• Sucker Brook
  Sucker Brook
  Sucker Brook is a small tributary of the Lawrence Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.-Course:Its source is several pools located in a housing development at . It travels in a pipe under Route 130, and then runs between a housing development...
  
  
• Terhune Run
  Terhune Run
  The Terhune Run is a small tributary of the Lawrence Brook found in eastern South Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.-Course:The Terhune Run starts at , near the intersection of Route 1 and Major Road...
  
  
• Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens
  Rutgers Gardens
  Rutgers Gardens are horticultural, display, and botanical gardens, including arboretums, located on the Cook Campus, Rutgers University, 112 Ryders Lane, North Brunswick in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the United States...
  
  , unofficially named Doc Brook
• Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods

External links

• USGS Coordinates in Google Maps