HOOSIC RIVER

The 'Hoosic River', also known as the 'Hoosac,' the 'Hoosick' (primarily in New York) and the 'Hoosuck' (mostly archaic), is a tributary of the Hudson River, 70 miles (113 km) long, in the northeastern United States. The varying transliterations are from the Algonquin name, probably meaning "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or perhaps "stony place" (either because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or because local soils are so stony).
The main stream, the south branch, rises in northwestern Massachusetts in the Hoosac Range. It flows north, west, and northwest, past the Massachusetts towns of Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown, and then across Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, before entering New York. It flows past Hoosick Falls, where it provides hydroelectric power and joins the Hudson 14 mi (23 km) above the city of Troy in the town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County.
Its tributaries include the North Branch of Hoosic River, the Little Hoosick River, the Walloomsac River and the Green River.

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See also

★ List of Massachusetts rivers

★ List of New York rivers

★ List of Vermont rivers

External links

★ USGS water flow statistics at Williamstown

★ Hoosic River Watershed Association

★ Hoosuck Chapter of Trout Unlimited

★ Hoosic River Nature Trail in Williamstown