East Branch Missisquoi River Explained

East Branch Missisquoi River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Vermont
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Lamoille County
Orleans County, Vermont
Subdivision Type4:Cities
Subdivision Name4:Eden, Vermont, Lowell, Vermont
Source1:Mountain Brook
Source1 Coordinates:44.7396°N -72.4493°W
Mouth:Missisquoi River
Mouth Coordinates:44.8061°N -72.4593°W
Progression:Missisquoi River, Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), Richelieu River, Saint Lawrence River
Tributaries Right:(upstream) Truland Brook, Ace Brook.

The East Branch of the Missisquoi River (Français: Branche Est de la rivière Missisquoi) is a tributary of the Missisquoi River, crossing the municipalities of Eden (Lamoille County) and Lowell, Vermont (Orleans County, Vermont, in the state of Vermont, in United States.

Most of the eastern branch of the Missisquoi River is accessible by route 100 (Vermont) which descends this valley; the lower part is served by route 58 (Vermont).

The surface of the East Branch of the Missisquoi River is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March.

Geography

The eastern branch of the Missisquoi River takes its source on the mountainside (altitude:) on the northwest side of the Lowell Mountains whose summit reaches, in the municipality of Eden. This source of the river is located at:

From its source, the eastern branch of the Missisquoi River flows over, with a drop of, according to the following segments:

The East Branch of the Missisquoi River empties into a river elbow of the south-est shore of the Missisquoi River.

The mouth of the East Branch of the Missisquoi River is located at:

Toponymy

The toponym "East Branch Missisquoi River" was registered on October 29, 1980 in the USGS (US Geological Survey).[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.mapquest.com/latlng/44.807,-72.459?zoom=13&maptype=map Distances measured from Mapquest(published on the Internet).
  2. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1457255,East%20Branch%20Missisquoi%20River USGS