Peters River: Difference between revisions

42°00′54″N 71°29′52″W / 42.0151°N 71.4977°W / 42.0151; -71.4977

The Peters River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.^[1] It flows 7.0 miles (11.3 km).^[2]

Course[edit]

The river rises from Curtis Pond in Bellingham, Massachusetts, flowing south through Bellingham and into Woonsocket, Rhode Island where is flows into the Blackstone River.

Crossings[edit]

Below is a list of all crossings over the Peters River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.

Bellingham
- Maple Brook Road
- Cross Street
- Railroad Street
- Pulaski Boulevard
- Wrentham Road
- Paine Street
Woonsocket
- Diamond Hill Road (RI 114)
- Wood Avenue
- Mill Street

Tributaries[edit]

Arnolds and Bungay Brooks are the only two named tributaries of the Peters River, though it has many unnamed streams that also feed it.

References[edit]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peters River
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011

Rivers of Massachusetts by drainage system

Atlantic Ocean

Buzzards Bay	Acushnet River Agawam River Back River Copicut River Crooked River Mattapoisett River Nasketucket River Paskamanset River Pocasset River Sippican River Slocums River Wankinco River Westport River Weweantic River
Nantucket Sound	Bass River Bumps River Childs River Coonamesset River Mashpee River Mitchell River Oyster Pond River Popponesset Creek Quashnet River Santuit River
Others	Tiasquam River

Gulf of Maine

Cape Cod Bay	Bluefish River Eel River Herring River Jones River Little Pamet River Pamet River Town Brook
Massachusetts Bay	Aberjona River Alewife Brook Canton River Charles River Chelsea Creek Cochato River Fore River Fresh River Indian Head River Malden River Millers River Monatiquot River Muddy River Mystic River Neponset River North River Saugus River Stony Brook (Boston) Stony Brook (Waltham) Stop River Weir River Weymouth Back River
Merrimack River Watershed	Artichoke River Assabet River Back River Beaver Brook Cochichewick River Concord River Little River Merrimack River Nashua River Nissitissit River North Nashua River Phillips Brook Powwow River Quinapoxet River Salmon Brook Shawsheen River Souhegan River South Branch Souhegan River South Nashua River Spicket River Squannacook River Stillwater River Sudbury River Trout Brook Vine Brook Whitman River
Others	Annisquam River Blackwater River Eagle Hill River Egypt River Ipswich River Jericho Creek Roger Island River Rowley River Skug River

Long Island Sound

Connecticut River Watershed	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
Housatonic River Watershed	Housatonic River Konkapot River Schenob Brook Umpachene River
Thames River Watershed	French River Quinebaug River

Narragansett Bay

Mount Hope Bay (Taunton River Watershed)	Assonet River Canoe River Cedar Swamp River Cocasset River Cotley River Forge River Hockomock River Matfield River Mill River Nemasket River Poor Meadow Brook Quequechan River Rumford River Salisbury Plain River Satucket River Segreganset River Shumatuscacant River Snake River Taunton River Three Mile River Town River Wading River Winnetuxet River
Providence River Watershed	Abbott Run Blackstone River Bungay River Chockalog River Mill River Mumford River Peters River Quinsigamond River Sevenmile River Tannery River Ten Mile River West River Wilde River
Others	Barrington River Cole River Coles Brook Kickamuit River Lees River Palmer River Runnins River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Hoosic River Kinderhook Creek

Rivers of Rhode Island by drainage system

Block Island Sound

Point Judith Pond	Saugatucket River

Long Island Sound

Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Beaver River Chipuxet River Flat River (Wood) Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Queen River Usquepaug River Wood River
Thames River Watershed	Moosup River

Narragansett Bay

Pettaquamscutt River Watershed	Mattatuxet River Pettaquamscutt River
Potowomut River Watershed	Hunt River Potowomut River
Providence River Watershed	Abbott Run Big River Blackstone River Branch River Carr River Chepachet River Chockalog River Clear River Congdon River Flat River (South Branch Pawtuxet) Mill River Millers River Mishnock River Moshassuck River Moswansicut River Nipmuc River Nooseneck River North Branch Pawtuxet River Pascoag River Pawtuxet River Peters River Pocasset River Ponaganset River Providence River Seekonk River Sevenmile River South Branch Pawtuxet River Stillwater River Ten Mile River West River Wilde River Woonasquatucket River
Sakonnet River Watershed	Maidford River Maiford River Quaket River Sakonnet River
Warren River Watershed	Barrington River Palmer River Runnins River Warren River
Others	Annaquatucket River Kickamuit River Maskerchugg River Pine River

Providence River Watershed

Tributaries

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+{{Short description|River in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, United States}}
-[[Image:120 3161.JPG|thumb|200px|The Peters River at the Diamond Hill Road ([[Route 114 (Rhode Island)|RI 114]]) crossing in [[Woonsocket, Rhode Island]].]]
+{{Coord|42.0151|-71.4977|display=title}}
-The '''Peters River''' is a [[river]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] states of [[Massachusetts]] and [[Rhode Island]]. It flows approximately 16 km (10 mi).
+{{For|the Canadian town|St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River}}
+[[File:Peters River in Woonsocket.jpg|thumb|200px|The Peters River at the Diamond Hill Road ([[Route 114 (Rhode Island)|RI 114]]) crossing in [[Woonsocket, Rhode Island]].]]
+The '''Peters River''' is a [[river]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] states of [[Massachusetts]] and [[Rhode Island]].<ref>{{GNIS|1219003}}</ref>  It flows {{convert|7.0|mi}}.<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed April 1, 2011</ref>
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 *[[List of rivers in Massachusetts]]
 *[[List of rivers in Rhode Island]]
+*[[Blackstone River]]
 ==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-*Maps from the [[United States Geological Survey]]
+{{Massachusetts rivers}}
 {{RIRivers}}
+{{Providence River Watershed}}
+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:Rivers of Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:Rivers of Providence County, Rhode Island]]
+[[Category:Rivers of Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Rivers of Rhode Island]]
+[[Category:Tributaries of Providence River]]
+{{RhodeIsland-river-stub}}
+{{WorcesterCountyMA-geo-stub}}
+{{Massachusetts-river-stub}}

Peters River: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:36, 8 September 2021

Course[edit]

Crossings[edit]

Tributaries[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]