Gale River
Gale River | |
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![]() The Gale River inFranconia, New Hampshire,December 2007. In the distance areMount GarfieldandMount Lafayetteof theWhite Mountains. | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New Hampshire |
County | Grafton |
Towns | Bethelhem,Franconia,Sugar Hill,Lisbon |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence ofNorthandSouthbranches |
• location | White Mountain National Forest |
• coordinates | 44°14′37″N71°38′17″W/ 44.24361°N 71.63806°W |
• elevation | 1,310 ft (400 m) |
Mouth | Ammonoosuc River |
• location | Lisbon |
• coordinates | 44°15′23″N71°49′53″W/ 44.25639°N 71.83139°W |
• elevation | 645 ft (197 m) |
Length | 13.1 mi (21.1 km) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Meadow Brook (also called Lafayette Brook or Pond Brook),Ham Branch,Bowen Brook |
• right | Beaver Brook, Wiseman Brook, Indian Brook |
TheGale Riveris a 13.1-mile-long (21.1 km)[1]tributaryof theAmmonoosuc Riverin northwesternNew Hampshirein theUnited States.Via the Ammonoosuc, it is part of thewatershedof theConnecticut River,which flows toLong Island Sound.
The Gale River flows for its entire length inGrafton County.It rises in theWhite Mountainsin the town ofFranconiaas two short, northward-flowing streams: itsNorth Branchand itsSouth Branch.The two streams join inBethlehem,and the Gale River flows thence generally westwardly. Returning to Franconia, the river collects theHam Branch,its most significanttributary,then passes throughSugar HilltoLisbon,where it joins the Ammonoosuc River.[2]
The 1816 State map of New Hampshire calls the Gale River the "South Branch of the Ammonoosuck River".[3]It may have received its local name because it flowed through the Gale Farm, as shown in a 1796 map of Franconia.[4]A Henry Gale household was listed in the 1790, 1800 and 1810 Franconia NH Census.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
- ^DeLorme(1999).New Hampshire Atlas & Gazetteer.Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.ISBN0-89933-242-0
- ^Philip Carrigain, "New Hampshire by Recent Survey made under the Supreme Authority and Published According to Law by Philip Carrigain, Counselor at Law and Late Secretary of the State”; Carrigain, Philip, 1816.
- ^Welsh, Sarah (1972).History of Franconia 1792-.Littleton NH: Courier Printing Co. p. Inside cover.
External links
[edit]- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gale River
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Branch Gale River
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Branch Gale River