Roaring Brook Falls along the Quinnipiac Trail in the southwest corner of town is Connecticut's tallest single drop waterfall, and is owned by the Cheshire Land Trust.

" Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University.

The " long highway " located on the ridge of the hill above the sandy plain along the Quinnipiac River is the present Main Street in Wallingford.

Ojibwe: Anishinaabeg and Quinnipiac: Eansketambawg ) is the collective name of three First Nations in Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana.

The Quinnipiac River cuts through the southwest quadrant of the city, which is known to area residents as " South Meriden ".

Széchenyi's legacy is further carried along with the István Széchenyi Chair in International Economics, a privately endowed position at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.

The Quinnipiac River is a river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of Connecticut.

Paddling is a frequent recreational activity along the Quinnipiac River, especially within the tidal marsh in North Haven.

Paralleling the west bank of the Quinnipiac River through the entire length of Quinnipiac River State Park in North Haven is the Quinnipiac Trail.

Quinnipiac University () is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, United States at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park.

Quinnipiac is home to one of the world's largest collections of art commemorating the Great Irish Famine.

To many, Quinnipiac University is best known for its polls.

Quinnipiac is home to five fraternities and six sororities.

* Quinnipiac is featured in the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review guide " Best 368 Colleges.

It is near Sleeping Giant State Park and is home of the Quinnipiac University School of Health Sciences, the School of Nursing, School of Education, and School of Medicine.

The Quinnipiac — rarely spelled Quinnipiack — is the English name for the Eansketambawg ( meaning “ original people ”; c. f., Ojibwe: Anishinaabeg and Blackfoot: Niitsítapi ) a Native American nation of the Algonquian family who inhabited the Wampanoki ( i. e., “ Dawnland ”; c. f., Ojibwe: Waabanaki, Abenaki: Wabanakiyik ) region, including present-day Connecticut.

Furthermore … the same people occupied a portion of … western Long Island ….” Since 1997, more extensive research, based on linguistics and early historical records, has extended the boundaries of the 1500-1600 AD Quiripi / Renapi / Quinnipiac confederacies to include all of what is now Connecticut, eastern New York, northern New Jersey, and half of Long Island ( prior to the immigration of the Pequot / Mohegan peoples into eastern CT ).

Its length is and its name means “ long-water-country .” The Quinnipiac people of the Long Water Land had several sub-sachemships and villages along its banks as well as main trails that criss-crossed its length.

* Quiripi / Quiripey ( meaning “ long-waterpeople ”) is the archaic equivalent of Quinnipiac ( n-dialect ) and Quillipiac ( l-dialect ).

The place name “ Quinnipiac ” derives from regional variations of Quinni / pe / okke which is similar to Quinneh / tukq / ut.

Before Europeans arrived, the New Haven area was the home of the Quinnipiac tribe of Native Americans, who lived in villages around the harbor and subsisted off local fisheries and the farming of maize.

Largely developed as a nodal collection of village-like settlements ( which remain distinct today ), including Mount Carmel ( home to Quinnipiac University ), Whitneyville, Spring Glen, West Woods, and Highwood, Hamden has a long-standing industrial history.

The Barnes Victorian Gothic home can be found at 1212 Quinnipiac Avenue.

At 965 Quinnipiac Avenue stands a home built by Willet Hemingway.

In 2007, Strickland had a 61 % approval, 15 % disapproval according to Quinnipiac Polling.

In a 2006 Quinnipiac University poll asking respondents to name the best president since World War II, Clinton ranked number two behind Ronald Reagan.

A 2009 Quinnipiac University survey found American voters opposed to the application of affirmative action to gay people, 65 over 27 percent.

More recently, a Quinnipiac poll from June 2009 finds that 55 % of Americans feel that affirmative action should be discontinued, yet 55 % support affirmative action for disabled people.

By 1640, the town's theocratic government and nine-square grid plan were in place, and the town was renamed Newhaven from Quinnipiac.

However, the area north of New Haven remained Quinnipiac until 1678, when it was renamed Hamden.

The expansions and additions from the original charter members were in 1985 ( Monmouth University ), 1989 ( Mount St. Mary's University ), 1992 ( Rider University, who left in 1997 ), 1997 ( Central Connecticut State University ), 1998 ( Quinnipiac University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County who left in 2003 ), 1999 ( Sacred Heart University ) and 2008 ( Bryant University ).

A Quinnipiac poll released October 16 showed that two-thirds of likely voters were aware of the letters and of those more than a fifth were less likely to vote for McCall as a result.

Quinnipiac Council # 074, was headquartered in New Haven until 1961, when it moved to Hamden, CT.

The name Quinnipiac comes from the Native American tribe which occupied the area.

In 1935, the Council name was changed again to Quinnipiac Council.

In 1943, Elbert K. Fretwell, Chief Scout Executive of the BSA, described Quinnipiac Council as an example to councils all over America for the high quality of the Scouting program being provided.

During its existence, the Quinnipiac Council owned the follow camps: Camp Sequassen, New Hartford, Connecticut, Deer Lake Scout Reservation, Killingworth, Connecticut, Old Settlers Scout Reservation, Milford, Connecticut, and Wah Wah Tayysee Scout Reservation, Hamden, Connecticut.

Chi Sigma Lodge # 369 was the original OA lodge for Quinnipiac Council.

Chi Sigma started in the Quinnipiac Council in 1934 as a Scout Camp Honor Society.

Arcoon Lodge # 369 was the OA lodge for Quinnipiac Council.

In 1977, Quinnipiac Council absorbed the operations of Central Connecticut Council.

In 1998, Quinnipiac Council and Fairfield County Council voted to merge the two Councils to create the Connecticut Yankee Council.

In 1955, Mrs. Garland sold of land in Milford, Connecticut to the Quinnipiac Council.

In 1935, the Council name was changed to Quinnipiac Council.

The Quinnipiac River flows through the town.

* Plantsville Historic District — Roughly bounded by Prospect St., Summer St., the Quinnipiac River, Grove St., S. Main St., W. Main St., and West St.