45°05′24″N74°11′07″W / 45.09000°N 74.18528°W /45.09000; -74.18528
| Coaticook River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States,Canada |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Norton Pond,Essex County,Vermont |
| Mouth | |
• location | Massawippi River,Waterville,Quebec |
• elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
| Length | 56 km (35 mi) |
| Basin size | 364 km2 (141 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (from mouth) creeks: Bradley, Drouin-Prémont, Sévigny, Ferland, Rodrigue, Giroux, Bissonnette, Lafond, Sylvestre (crossing the border), Mesker Meadow creek (Meadow Brook in USA); United States: Gaudette Brook, Sutton Brook |
| • right | (from mouth) creeks: Saint-Michel, Bourdon-Drouin, branch Lachance, creek Cornoir, du Pont-Rouge, Grenier, Tremblay, Cushing, Verill; United States: Number Six, Number Five, Davis Brook, Station Brook |
TheCoaticook River is a north-flowingriver rising inVermont,United States, and located primarily in theEstrie region ofQuebec,Canada. The mouth of the river is located north ofWaterville and south ofLennoxville, near the southern border of the city ofSherbrooke, at theMassawippi River. Via the Massawippi and theSaint-François River, it is part of theSt. Lawrence River watershed.
The name for the Coaticook River comes from theAbenaki namekoatikeku which means "River of the land of thewhite pine".[1] White pines were common in the surrounding region and the nearby upperConnecticut River valley. Names such asCoös, as inCoös County, New Hampshire, are derivative from this type of tree.
The toponym "Coaticook River" was officialized on December 5, 1968, at theCommission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
The source of the Coaticook River isNorton Pond (length 4.1 kilometers (2.5 mi), altitude 407 meters (1,335 ft)), inEssex County, Vermont, south of theCanada–US border. The valley holding this lake continues south across a low height of land, draining via thePherrins River into theClyde River atIsland Pond, Vermont.
The Coaticook River flows northward 6.8 kilometers (4.2 mi) on American territory, crossing a forested and agricultural valley. A railway andVermont Route 114 follow the river on the east side.
After crossing the international border, the river enters the municipality ofCoaticook and flows generally north through:
North of Waterville the Coaticook joins theMassawippi River from the south, 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Rivière aux Saumons and 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Massawippi at theSaint-François River at Lennoxville, southeast of the center of Sherbrooke.
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