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 (25.6 km) long, with 3 dams in Townsend and 2 in West Groton. Its watershed covers 73 square miles (190 km²), of which 18% is permanently protected. It has been designated an Outstanding Resource Water.

There has been a conversion of one of the former mills on the Groton portion of the river. An old Leather Mill became a senior citizen/ nursing home. Riverside is located next to West Groton Square.

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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).