Ammonoosuc River
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The Ammonoosuc River is a river, 55 mi (89 km) long, in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States.<ref name=Columbia>Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry</ref><ref name=GNIS>Geographic Names Information System entry</ref> It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. "Ammonoosuc" is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place". <ref>Huden, John C. (1962) Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation</ref>
The Ammonoosuc rises on the western slope of Mount Washington,<ref name=Columbia/> in Sargent's Purchase in the White Mountains of southern Coos County, and flows westwardly into Grafton County, where it turns southwestwardly. Along its course the Ammonoosuc passes through Chandler's Purchase, Bean's Grant, and Crawford's Purchase; and the towns of Carroll, Bethlehem, Littleton, Lisbon, Landaff, Bath, and Haverhill to the village of Woodsville, where it flows into the Connecticut River. It collects the Gale River in Lisbon, and the Wild Ammonoosuc River in Bath.<ref>DeLorme (1999). New Hampshire Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-242-0</ref>
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The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Ammonoosuc River" as the stream's name in 1936. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as:<ref name=GNIS/>
- Amminoo Suck River
- Amonoosuck River
- Amonsook River
- Upper Amonoosuck River
- Wild Amonoosuck River
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