TheSaugus River is a river inMassachusetts.

The river is 13 miles (21 km) long, drains a watershed of approximately 47 square miles (120 km²), and passes throughWakefield,Lynnfield,Saugus, andLynn as it meanders east and south from its source inLake Quannapowitt in Wakefield (elevation 90 feet (27 m)) to its mouth inBroad Sound. It has at least eighttributaries: the Mill River; Bennets Pond Brook; the Pines River; Hawkes Brook; Crystal Pond Brook; Beaver Dam Brook; Strawberry Brook; and Shute Brook.

Although Native Americans called the riverAboutsett ("winding stream"), European settlers first called it the River at Saugus, whereSaugus (possibly a native word for "long") arguably named the beach running fromSwampscott toRevere (there are competing theories as to the origin of the word "Saugus"). In early European times,alewives andbass were harvested from 1632 onwards. TheSaugus Iron Works used water power from the river in by 1642, and the river subsequently attracted grist mills, chocolate mills, wool and flannel mills, and a tannery.

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Lake Quannapowitt Lowell Street,Wakefield Main Street, Wakefield I-95/MA-128 Beaverdam Brook I-95/MA-128 Salem Street, Wakefield Water Street, Wakefield Mill River Hawkes Pond Brook US-1 Oaklandvale Brook Prankers Pond Central Street,Saugus Elm Street, Saugus Hamilton Street, Saugus Saugus Branch Railroad Lincoln Ave, Saugus Salem Turnpike, Saugus /Lynn Newburyport/Rockport Line Pines River MA-1A General Edwards Bridge Lynn Harbor

• Saugus River Watershed Council
• "A Gathering of Memories: Saugus 1900-2000" by John Burns, Tom Sheehan, et al.; 2000, Jostens /Saugus.net,ISBN 978-0-9703141-0-9;http://www.saugus.org/GatheringOfMemories/ (Provides at least three conflicting theories as to the origin of the name "Saugus")

42°26′38″N70°58′02″W / 42.44382°N 70.96724°W /42.44382; -70.96724

• Rivers of Essex County, Massachusetts
• Wakefield, Massachusetts
• Saugus, Massachusetts
• Rivers of Massachusetts

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