The Gale River is a tributary of the

Ammonoosuc River The Ammonoosuc River is a river in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. ''Ammonoosuc'' is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place". The Ammonoosuc ris ...

in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. Via the Ammonoosuc, it is part of the

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of 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 ...

, which flows to

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. The Gale River flows for its entire length in

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. It rises in the White Mountains in the town of Franconia as two short, northward-flowing streams: its North Branch and its South Branch. The two streams join in Bethlehem, and the Gale River flows thence generally westwardly. Returning to Franconia, the river collects the

Ham Branch The Ham Branch of the Gale River is a river in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. Via the Gale River, it is a tributary of the Ammonoosuc River and part of the Connecticut River watershed. The Ham Branch rises in the town of Eas ...

, its most significant tributary, then passes through Sugar Hill to

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, where it joins the Ammonoosuc River. The 1816 State map of New Hampshire calls the Gale River the "South Branch of the Ammonoosuck River".Philip Carrigain, "New Hampshire by Recent Survey made under the Supreme Authority and Published According to Law by Philip Carrigain, Counselor at Law and Late Secretary of the State”; Carrigain, Philip, 1816. It may have received its local name because it flowed through the Gale Farm, as shown in a 1796 map of Franconia. A Henry Gale household was listed in the 1790, 1800 and 1810 Franconia NH Census.

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* * * Rivers of New Hampshire Rivers of Grafton County, New Hampshire Tributaries of the Connecticut River {{NewHampshire-river-stub

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