Ammonoosuc River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New Hampshire |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Coos, Grafton |
Length: | 55miles |
Source1: | Lakes of the Clouds |
Source1 Location: | Coos County, New Hampshire, United States |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.2586°N -71.3189°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 5025feet |
Mouth: | Connecticut River |
Mouth Location: | Woodsville, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.1553°N -72.0378°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 430feet |
Tributaries Left: | Zealand River, Little River, Gale River, Wild Ammonoosuc River |
The Ammonoosuc River is a 55adj=midNaNadj=mid river in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. Ammonoosuc is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place".[2]
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.[3]
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:
See also Defunct placenames of New Hampshire.