Winooski River

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Winooski River
The Winooski River in Montpelier

The Winooski River in Montpelier

Data
Water code US :  1460304
location Vermont (USA)
River system Saint Lawrence River
Drain over Rivière Richelieu  → Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
source north of Cabot , Washington County
44 ° 27 ′ 14 "  N , 72 ° 18 ′ 46"  W
muzzle Lake Champlain Coordinates: 44 ° 31 ′ 49 ″  N , 73 ° 16 ′ 28 ″  W 44 ° 31 ′ 49 ″  N , 73 ° 16 ′ 28 ″  W.
Mouth height 30  m

length 144.8 km
Catchment area 2797 km²
Left tributaries Dog River , Mad River
Small towns Montpelier , Waterbury
The Winooski River Bike Bridge. It connects Burlington with Colchester

The Winooski River Bike Bridge . It connects Burlington with Colchester

The Winooski River is a 144.8 km long river in Chittenden County in the US state of Vermont .

It rises about six kilometers north of Cabot . From there it flows south and crosses the Lower Tabot Town Forest . From Marshfield, it meanders mostly along US Highway 2 in a southwesterly direction.

To the west of Plainfield at Cate Cemetery , the Kingsbury Branch joins the Winooski. From Montpelier it flows along Interstate 89 (also known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway ). Not far from Middlesex , the Mad River joins as a left tributary . Other towns along the Winooski include Burlington , Colchester , Waterbury , North Duxbury , Bolton , Jonesville , Essex Junction , Richmond and Winooski . The Winooski flows into Lake Champlain in Malletts Bay . The catchment area is 2797 square kilometers.

Counties the river runs through are:

The seven largest tributaries of the Winooski River are:

Other names

Other names of the river are:

  • French River
  • Onion Land River
  • Onion River
  • Ouinous qui
  • Ouinous-tic
  • Ouinouski
  • Ouinoustick
  • River Ouijstic
  • River Ouynouski
  • Winooskeek
  • Winooski-tuk
  • Winooskie-Took
  • Winooskitook
  • Winose River

Web links

Commons : Winooski River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Winooski River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b c d Vermont Water Quality Planning Section - Winooski River Basin
  3. ↑ a b Winooski River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  4. ↑ Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component .. arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p453
  5. ↑ Hill, Ralph Nading Hill. The Winooski. (Rivers of America Series) New York: Rinehart and Company, 1949. p3
  6. ^ US Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). 31-Dec-1981. Primarily from US Geological Survey 1: 24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1: 25K, Puerto Rico 1: 20K) and from US Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1: 62,500 scale or 1: 250,000 scale maps.
  7. ↑ Dugard, Rene C. Dictionary of French Place Names in the USA Editions Des Deux Mondes Et Slavuta, 1986, 431 pp. p365
  8. ↑ Huden, John C. Historical Champlain Maps. Vermont History 27 (January-July 1959): 34-40. p87
  9. ↑ Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component .. arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p452
  10. ↑ Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component .. arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p452
  11. ↑ Huden, John C. Historical Champlain Maps. Vermont History 27 (January-July 1959): 34-40. p37
  12. ^ Crockett, Walter Hill. Vermont The Green Mountain State. Volumes 1-4. New York: The Century History Company, 1921. Use form a1 VT-T47 / vol / p. v1 / p125
  13. ^ A Trip Through The Lake Champlain Islands. http://www.geocities.com/jmillard/Explore/islands.html.
  14. ↑ Huden, John C. Historical Champlain Maps. Vermont History 27 (January-July 1959): 34-40. p87
  15. ↑ Hill, Ralph Nading Hill. The Winooski. (Rivers of America Series) New York: Rinehart and Company, 1949. p3
  16. ↑ Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component .. arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p452
  17. ↑ Hayward, John. A Gazetteer of Vermont. (Reprint) Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1990. p24