
TheBurnshirt River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km)[1] stream inWorcester County, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of theWare River, draining ultimately into theConnecticut River and thence theLong Island Sound.
The river rises about one mile southwest ofTempleton, Massachusetts at an elevation of 653 feet (199 m) above sea level. From there it flows through forest and marshes south to Williamsville, then southeast to join theWare River about two miles east ofBarre. It is stocked withtrout for fishing.
For much of its length, the river is paralleled by the former Ware River Railroad, now the Ware River Rail Trail.
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