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The Hadlyme Hills offers the chance to see one of Connecticut s last great places
Peter Marteka
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A stone wall along the path at the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve.Peter Marteka / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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A trio of mysterious stone structures along the Ravine Trail.Peter Marteka / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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A view across Selden Neck State Park from an overlook at The Nature Conservancy s Selden Creek Preserve.Peter Marteka / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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The Connecticut River has changed course numerous times since its creation 10,000 years ago when it formed at the end of the last Ice Age. One of its more recent course corrections happened in 1854 when a great flood turned Selden Neck into the largest island along the 410-mile-long New England waterway.