Ammonoosuc River

Geobox River
name = Ammonoosuc River
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image_caption = The Lower Falls of the Ammonoosuc
country = USA
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state = New Hampshire
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length_imperial = 55
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source_name = Lakes of the Clouds
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source_region = Coos County
source_state = New Hampshire
source_country = USA
source_lat_d = 44
source_lat_m = 15
source_lat_s = 31
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 71
source_long_m = 19
source_long_s = 8
source_long_EW = W
source_elevation_imperial = 5025
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mouth_name = Connecticut River
mouth_location = Woodsville
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mouth_region = Grafton County
mouth_state = New Hampshire
mouth_country = USA
mouth_lat_d = 44
mouth_lat_m = 9
mouth_lat_s = 19
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mouth_long_d = 72
mouth_long_m = 2
mouth_long_s = 16
mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_elevation_imperial = 430
tributary_left = Gale River
tributary_left1 = Wild Ammonoosuc River
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map_caption = The Ammonoosuc River is a river, 55 mi (89 km) long, in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/89/A04489.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] ] Gnis|871393] It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. "Ammonoosuc" is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place". [Huden, John C. (1962) Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation]

The Ammonoosuc rises on the western slope of Mount Washington, 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. [DeLorme (1999). "New Hampshire Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-242-0]

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:
*Amminoo Suck River
*Amonoosuck River
*Amonsook River
*Upper Amonoosuck River
*Wild Amonoosuck River

ee also

*List of New Hampshire rivers
*Upper Ammonoosuc River
*Wild Ammonoosuc River

References