Pherrins River Explained

Pherrins River
Map Size:	300
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Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	Vermont
Subdivision Type3:	Region
Subdivision Name3:	Northeast Kingdom
Subdivision Type5:	City
Subdivision Name5:	Island Pond
Length:	9.9miles
Discharge1 Location:	Island Pond, Vermont
Source1:	Mountain Brook
Source1 Location:	Warrens Gore, Essex County, Vermont, United States
Source1 Coordinates:	44.8958°N -71.8892°W
Source1 Elevation:	2444feet
Mouth:	Clyde River (Vermont)
Mouth Location:	Island Pond, Vermont, Essex County, Vermont, United States
Mouth Coordinates:	44.8111°N -71.8892°W
Mouth Elevation:	1177feet
Tributaries Left:	Pine brook

The Pherrins River is a tributary of the Clyde River, flowing in Essex County and Orleans County in northern Vermont in United States.

The valley of the river Pherrins is a convenient passage for connecting the Island Pond to the Norton Pond which is the head of water of the Coaticook River flowing to the northeast across the border of Quebec and Vermont.

Geography

The source of the river is located in the area of Warren's Gore, Vermont, on the northwest flank of Bluff Mountain in Essex County, Vermont. This source is located at:

• West of a summit of the Bluff Mountain;
• Southwest of the summit of the Middle Mountain;
• Northeast of the border of Orleans County;
• North of Island Pond.

From its source, the river Pherrins flows on according to the following segments:

• toward the Northwest racing down the cliff on down to the railway crossing the valley of Pherrins River and the Coaticook River;
• toward the Southwest, crossing two small lakes up to the confluence of a stream (from the North);
• toward Southwest, up to the limit of Orleans County;
• toward the Southwest, collecting the waters of a mountain stream (from the Northwest) up to the Pine Brook (from the East);
• to the South up to the discharge of Underpass Pond (from the East);
• to the South up to the limit of Essex County;
• to the Southeast up to its confluence^[1]

The Pherrins River empties on the Northwest shore of the Clyde River at downstream from the mouth of the Island Pond in the area of Brighton, Vermont. This confluence is located on the west side of Island Pond.

Toponymy

The toponym "River Pherrins" was formalized on October 29, 1980, at the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) of US federal government.^[2]

External links

• http://www.northernforestcanoetrail.org/tripplanner/

See also

• Lake Memphremagog, a body of water straddling the Quebec and Vermont
• Clyde River (Vermont), a stream
• Warren's Gore, Vermont
• Brighton, Vermont
• List of rivers of Vermont
• List of rivers of the United States

Notes and References

1. Segments river measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted)
2. http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:2:0::NO:RP:: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - Toponym: "Pherrins River"