The Brownington Branch is a tributary of the
Willoughby River, flowing in
Orleans County, Vermont, in northern
Vermont
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, in
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.
This river flows northwest, then to the west, crossing the municipality of
Westmore and
Brownington. Its course runs through forested areas, agricultural and urban.
Course
Branch Brownington rises as a mountain stream on the north slope of
Mount Goodwin
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which is located in the northeastern of
Lake Willoughby
Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, United States.
The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest. This state forest includes Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, c ...
. This source is located at:
* north-western boundary of the municipality of
Westmore;
* north of
Lake Willoughby
Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, United States.
The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest. This state forest includes Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, c ...
;
* east of the confluence of the Branch Brownington;
* northeast of the top of
Mount Barton
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.
From its source, Branch Brownington runs on according to the following segments:
* to the northwest in the municipality of
Brownington, Vermont
Brownington is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,042 as of the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2), of w ...
including along the boundary between the municipalities of
Brownington and
Charleston
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until Moody Creek (from the north);
* to the southwest in the municipality of
Brownington, Vermont until a road;
* to the Southwest until Bassett Creek (from the north);
* to the Southwest meandering in a valley along the contour of the surrounding mountains to its confluence.
The confluence of the Brownington Branch is located at:
* northeast of downtown
Orleans;
* northwest of
Lake Willoughby
Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, United States.
The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest. This state forest includes Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, c ...
;
* east of the confluence of the
Willoughby River.
Brownington Branch empties into a river bend on the north bank of the
Willoughby River. The latter flows southwest, then northwest to the East bank of the
Barton River
The Barton River is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over long, in northern Vermont in the United States.
It runs north from Glover, Vermont, Glover through Barton, Vermont, Barton, Brownington, Vermont, Brownington, Coventry, Vermont, Coven ...
. In turn, it flows north up to the south shore of
Lake Memphremagog which discharges into the
Magog River
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to
Quebec
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. The latter is a tributary of the
Saint Francis River
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in the city of
Sherbrooke
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.
Toponymy
The English place name "Brownington Branch" was made official on 29 October 1980 at the Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS)
Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS)- United States - Toponym: Brownington Branch
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See also
* Orleans County, Vermont
* Willoughby River
* Brownington, Vermont
Brownington is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,042 as of the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2), of w ...
* Charleston, Vermont
Charleston is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2020 census. The town contains three unincorporated villages: Charleston, East Charleston and West Charleston.
Local government
Town
* Selectma ...
* List of rivers of Vermont
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by drainage basin, and ordered from lower to higher, with the towns at their mouths:
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River flows south towards Long Island Sound in Connecticut. ...
References
External links
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, accessed on September 24, 2015
Rivers of Vermont
Tributaries of the Saint Lawrence River
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