Surrounded by mountains and hills, you’ll find First Connecticut Lake in Pittsburg. The first in a chain of lakes running numerically south to north, First Connecticut is the largest of the four Connecticut Lakes. First Lake is located seven miles north of the village of Pittsburg. North of the 45th Parallel, the glacial lake reaches depths of more than 160 feet.

High in the mountains of New Hampshire, you’ll find the Connecticut Lakes and headwaters of the Connecticut River. Starting as just a trickle in the small town of Pittsburg, the Connecticut River flows through a chain of lakes, the Connecticut Lakes, as it makes its way from the US-Canadian border in New Hampshire to Long Island Sound. Its journey of 400 miles begins at the height of land, becomes the diving border between Vermont and New Hampshire, then flows through the industrial valley of Massachusetts and into Connecticut before finding the sea.