11 Facts About Rahway River

Rahway River is a river in Essex, Middlesex, and Union Counties, New Jersey, United States, The Rahway, along with the Elizabeth River, Piles Creek, Passaic River, Morses Creek, the Fresh Kills River, has its river mouth at the Arthur Kill.

Rahway River was once on the lands of the Lenape Native Americans, and tradition states that the name is after Rahwack, a local tribal chief.

Rahway River Parkway is a greenway of parkland that hugs the Rahway River and its tributaries.

Salt marshes and mudflats along the lower Rahway River are high priority habitats and are the most extensive in the watershed and span four communities: Carteret, Linden, Woodbridge Township and Rahway River.

Rahway River Watershed Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the river.

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Fishermen who enjoy Rahway River fishing are encouraged to take home all fishing line to avoid injuring osprey and other large wildlife via entanglement which has caused deaths along the river.

Rahway River is home to four anadromous fish species and one species of catadromous fish species .

Rahway River was once host to a variety of sawmills and gristmills.

Rahway River was the site of freshwater pearl-fishing as a form of recreation as depicted in photographs from the early 1910s.

Highly urbanized Rahway River watershed in New Jersey suffers from frequent flooding due to extensive development and destruction of riparian wetlands and floodplains.

Portions of the Rahway River Basin have suffered environmental degradation and opportunities exist for restoration.