Indian Stream is a tributary 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 ...

, approximately long,New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
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in the

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. It rises in the mountains of extreme northern New Hampshire, in Coos County near the

Canada–United States border The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world. The terrestrial boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Can ...

, where the East Branch of Indian Stream joins the West Branch. Indian Stream flows south-southwest, joining the Connecticut downstream from the village of Pittsburg. The area around Pittsburg was the subject of a border dispute in the 1830s between the United States and Canada, leading to the short-lived, self-proclaimed

Republic of Indian Stream The Republic of Indian Stream or Indian Stream Republic was an unrecognized republic in North America, along the section of the border that divides the current Canadian province of Quebec from the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It existed from July ...

. The border dispute, based upon an ambiguity in the

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, was resolved in 1842, with the river drainage and the land lying east of

Halls Stream Halls Stream or Rivière Hall is a tributary of the Connecticut River in eastern North America. For most of its length, it forms the Canada–United States border, with the province of Quebec (Canada) to its west and the state of New Hampshire ...

established as part of the state of New Hampshire.

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