AMMONOOSUC RIVER

The 'Ammonoosuc River' is a river, 55 mi (89 km) long, in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. "Ammonoosuc" is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place". ^[1]
The Ammonoosuc rises on the western slope of Mount Washington, in Sargent's Purchase in the White Mountains of southern Coos County, and 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.^[2]

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Variant names and spellings

The Lower Falls of the Ammonoosuc

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

See also

★ List of New Hampshire rivers

★ Upper Ammonoosuc River

★ Wild Ammonoosuc River

References

1. Huden, John C. (1962) Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation
2. DeLorme (1999). ''New Hampshire Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-242-0