The Burnshirt River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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, accessed April 1, 2011 stream in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Ware River, draining ultimately into the

Connecticut River The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island ...

and thence the

Long Island Sound Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York to the south. From west to east, the sound stretches from the Eas ...

. The river rises about one mile southwest of Templeton, Massachusetts at an elevation of above sea level. From there it flows through forest and marshes south to Williamsville, then southeast to join the Ware River about two miles east of Barre. It is stocked with trout for fishing. For much of its length, the river is paralleled by the former Ware River Railroad, now the Ware River Rail Trail.

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Ware River Watershed Land Management Plan

Environmental Protection Agency
Rivers of Worcester County, Massachusetts Tributaries of the Connecticut River Rivers of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-river-stub

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