- Sawyer River
The Sawyer River is a 9.1
mile long (14.6km ) [ [http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system] ]river in the White Mountains ofNew Hampshire in theUnited States . It is atributary of theSaco River , which flows to theAtlantic Ocean inMaine .The Sawyer River rises in the unincorporated township of
Livermore, New Hampshire , on the eastern side of Hancock Notch, a pass in thePemigewasset Wilderness between Mount Hancock to the north and Mount Huntington to the south. The river flows east, paralleled by the Hancock Notch Trail, into a broad valley withMount Carrigain to the north and the smaller summit known as Greens Cliff to the south.The river turns northeast, with Carrigain Brook joining from the north and the outlet of Sawyer Pond joining from the south, and enters a deeper, narrower mountain valley as it descends to
Crawford Notch . The river is paralleled in this lower section by the Livermore Road, a gravel access road. The Sawyer River enters the town of Hart's Location and ends at the Saco River near its great bend to the east as it leaves Crawford Notch.:"See also:
Sawyer River Railroad "References
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