Sin and Flesh Brook

The stream starts north of Rhode Island Route 24, flowing southwest before emptying into . The bridge near the mouth is called the Snell Bridge. ==History==

Sin and Flesh Brook got its unusual name from an event on 28 March 1676. Quaker colonist (occasionally written as "Zoar Howland" or "Low Howland") was traveling from Dartmouth, Massachusetts to Newport, Rhode Island during King Philip's War when he was killed by a group of six indigenous men. John Brigs testified that Molasses had also shot at someone named Joseph Russell. Sylvanus Nickerson opened a thread mill here circa 1844 until his death in 1857. In November 2022, the state of Rhode Island replaced the existing bridge that carried Fish Road over the river with a new one made from prefabricated bridge units at the cost of $926,000. The bridge was carrying around 9,000 vehicles each day. ==Ecology==

The stream flows through areas of floodplain forest. Several species of ants are found on its banks. The brook has high levels of Enterococcus bacteria. In the 20th century, it was stocked with brook trout. ==References==