Historical Marker
Woonasquatucket River
Historical marker location:
Providence, Rhode Island
( Marker is on Promenade Street just west of Bath Street, on the left when traveling west.)
(Woon ahs kwa tuck it = where the salt water ends).
The famous horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote such classic tales as "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," was born in Providence, Rhode Island.