Ammonoosuc River

Ammonoosuc River
River
The Lower Falls of the Ammonoosuc
Country United States
State New Hampshire
Tributaries
 - left Gale River, Wild Ammonoosuc River
Source Lakes of the Clouds
 - elevation 5,025 ft (1,532 m)
 - coordinates 44°15′31″N 71°19′8″W / 44.25861°N 71.31889°W / 44.25861; -71.31889
Mouth Connecticut River
 - location Woodsville, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States
 - elevation 430 ft (131 m)
 - coordinates 44°9′19″N 72°2′16″W / 44.15528°N 72.03778°W / 44.15528; -72.03778Coordinates: 44°9′19″N 72°2′16″W / 44.15528°N 72.03778°W / 44.15528; -72.03778
Length 55 mi (89 km)
"Upper Falls of the Ammonoosuc, White Mountains, N.H." stereoscopic image by the Bierstadt Brothers

The Ammonoosuc River is a river, 55 mi (89 km) long, in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. "Ammonoosuc" is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place".[3]

The Ammonoosuc rises on the western slope of Mount Washington,[1] in Sargent's Purchase in the White Mountains of southern Coos County. One branch of the river is the outlet of the Lakes of the Clouds in the saddle between Mount Washington and Mount Monroe. Leaving the vicinity of the Presidential Range, the river flows westwardly into Grafton County, where it turns southwestwardly. Along its course the Ammonoosuc passes through Chandler's Purchase, Bean's Grant, and Crawford's Purchase; and the towns of Carroll, Bethlehem, Littleton, Lisbon, Landaff, Bath, and Haverhill to the village of Woodsville, where it flows into the Connecticut River. It collects the Gale River in Lisbon, and the Wild Ammonoosuc River in Bath.[4]

Variant names and spellings

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Ammonoosuc River" as the stream's name in 1936. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as:[2]

See also Defunct placenames of New Hampshire.

See also

The Ammonoosuc River near Twin Mountain, New Hampshire

References

  1. 1 2 Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ammonoosuc River
  3. ↑ Huden, John C. (1962) Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation
  4. ↑ DeLorme (1999). New Hampshire Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-242-0
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