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The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States. The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's original Algonquian name. It can be translated either as "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or as "the stony place" (perhaps because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or perhaps because local soils are so stony). The Hoosic River
* North Branch Hoosic River
* Green River
* Little Hoosick River
* Walloomsac River - Native American name, also Wal-loom-sac
* Owl Kill
* Wampecack Creek - Native American name, also Po-quam-pa-cak
* Tomhannock - Native American name, also Tom-he-nack
** Sunkouissa Creek - Native American name, also Sank-an-is-sick
Hoosic River Watershed Association
Hoosuck Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Hoosic River Nature Trail in Williamstown
{{authority control Tributaries of the Hudson River Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Vermont Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Rivers of Washington County, New York Rivers of Rensselaer County, New York Rivers of Bennington County, Vermont Rivers of Massachusetts New York placenames of Native American origin Vermont placenames of Native American origin
The National Map
, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States. The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's original Algonquian name. It can be translated either as "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or as "the stony place" (perhaps because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or perhaps because local soils are so stony). The Hoosic River
watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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is formed from tributaries originating in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and the Taconic Mountains. The main (South) Branch of the river begins on the west slope of North Mountain and almost immediately fills the man-made Cheshire Reservoir in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
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. From there, the river flows north, west, and northwest, through the towns of Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
and Adams, the city of North Adams, and the town of Williamstown. It then travels through Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, after which it enters Rensselaer County, New York
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. There, it flows through the towns of Petersburgh and Hoosick, where it passes over a hydroelectric power dam in the village of Hoosick Falls. (There are also dams in Johnsonville, Valley Falls, and Schaghticoke.) The river provides the northwest border of the town of Pittstown, then flows through the town of Schaghticoke with its villages of Valley Falls and Schaghticoke before it terminates at its confluence with the Hudson above the city of Troy.
Tributaries
* North Branch Hoosic River
* Green River
* Little Hoosick River
* Walloomsac River - Native American name, also Wal-loom-sac
* Owl Kill
* Wampecack Creek - Native American name, also Po-quam-pa-cak
* Tomhannock - Native American name, also Tom-he-nack
** Sunkouissa Creek - Native American name, also Sank-an-is-sick
See also
* List of rivers of Massachusetts *List of rivers of New York
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of New York.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented by order of confluence with their main stem, from mouth to source.
Long Island Sound (nort ...
* List of rivers of Vermont
*Hudson–Hoosic Watershed
The Hudson–Hoosic Watershed is a drainage basin in the Northeastern United States. It is located in the Vermont At Large Congressional district, Congressional District, Massachusetts 1st Congressional District, and New York (state), New York 20t ...
References
External links
Hoosic River Watershed Association
Hoosuck Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Hoosic River Nature Trail in Williamstown
{{authority control Tributaries of the Hudson River Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Vermont Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Rivers of Washington County, New York Rivers of Rensselaer County, New York Rivers of Bennington County, Vermont Rivers of Massachusetts New York placenames of Native American origin Vermont placenames of Native American origin