Hoosic River

Infobox River
river_name = Hoosic


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origin = Hoosac Range of Massachusetts
mouth = Hudson River at Schaghticoke, NY
basin_countries = USA
length = convert|70|mi|km|abbr=on
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discharge = [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/uv?01332500 USGS gage]
watershed = convert|720|sqmi|km2The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a tributary of the Hudson River, 70 miles (113 km) long, in the northeastern United States. The varying transliterations are from the Algonquin name, probably meaning "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or perhaps "stony place" (either because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or because local soils are so stony).

The main stream, the south branch, rises in northwestern Massachusetts in the Hoosac Range. It flows north, west, and northwest, past the Massachusetts towns of Cheshire, Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown, and then across Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, before entering New York. It flows past Hoosick Falls, where it provides hydroelectric power and joins the Hudson 14 mi (23 km) above the city of Troy in the town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County.

Tributaries

* North Branch Hoosic River
* Green River
* Little Hoosick River
* Walloomsac River
* Owl Kill

ee also

*List of Massachusetts rivers
*List of New York rivers
*List of Vermont rivers

External links

* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/uv?01332500 USGS water flow statistics at Williamstown]
* [http://www.hoorwa.org/index.htm Hoosic River Watershed Association]
* [http://www.hoosucktu.org Hoosuck Chapter of Trout Unlimited]
* [http://www.wrlf.org/hoosic.html Hoosic River Nature Trail in Williamstown]