Wonalancet River Explained

Wonalancet River
Pushpin Map:New Hampshire#USA
Pushpin Map Size:250 px
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New Hampshire
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Grafton, Carroll
Subdivision Type4:Towns
Subdivision Name4:Waterville Valley, Sandwich, Albany, Tamworth
Length:7.6miles
Source1:Sandwich Range
Source1 Location:White Mountain National Forest
Source1 Coordinates:42.9428°N -71.3939°W
Source1 Elevation:2320feet
Mouth:Swift River
Mouth Location:Tamworth
Mouth Coordinates:43.8942°N -71.2964°W
Mouth Elevation:740feet
Tributaries Left:Spring Brook
Tributaries Right:Sanborn Brook

The Wonalancet River is a 7.6adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. Named after the 17th-century Pennacook sachem Wonalancet, it is a tributary of the southern Swift River, part of the Bearcamp River / Ossipee Lake / Saco River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Wonalancet River rises in the heart of the Sandwich Range, in "The Bowl", a forested glacial cirque lying between Mount Whiteface to the west, Mount Passaconaway to the north, and Mount Wonalancet to the east. The river flows south, paralleled by the Dicey Mill Trail, out of the mountains into the communities of Ferncroft, in the southwest corner of the town of Albany, and Wonalancet, in the northwest corner of the town of Tamworth. The river continues east into a forested valley and joins the Swift River 3miles northwest of Tamworth village.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.granit.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system