Squannacook River
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The Squannacook River is a river in northern Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Nashua River and part of the Nashua River Watershed.
The river rises in West Townsend, Massachusetts, at the juncture of Walker Brook, Locke Brook, and Willard Brook. Walker and Locke Brooks rise in Greenville, New Ipswich, and Mason, New Hampshire, while Willard Brook rises in Ashby, Massachusetts. The Squannacook flows east and southeast through Townsend and West Groton, Massachusetts, and joins the Nashua River in wetlands just east of Woodsville. The river is 15.9 miles long, with 3 dams in Townsend and 2 in West Groton. Its watershed covers 73 square miles (46,720 acres), of which 18% is permanently protected. It has been designated an Outstanding Resource Water.
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- Nashua River Watershed
- Topozone location for source of the Squannacook; U.S. Geological Survey Ashburnham, Massachusetts 7.5-minute quadrangle (1988).
