The Ottauquechee River (pronounced AWT-ah-KWEE-chee) is a river, about 40 mi (65 km) long, in eastern Vermont in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.
The Ottauquechee rises in the Green Mountains[1] in eastern Rutland County in the town of Killington, and flows generally eastwardly into Windsor County, where it passes through or along the boundaries of the towns of Bridgewater, Woodstock, Pomfret, Hartford and Hartland; and the villages of Woodstock and Quechee. It joins the Connecticut River in the town of Hartland, about 4 mi (6 km) south-southwest of White River Junction.[2]
A headwaters tributary known as the North Branch Ottauquechee River flows southeastwardly through the towns of Killington and Bridgewater.[2][3]
Quechee State Park is located along the river near the village of Quechee. Near the river's mouth a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form North Hartland Lake.[2]
Near the state park, the river flows through the 165 foot deep Quechee Gorge. The U.S. Rt. 4 bridge crosses over the gorge and provides good viewing down into its depths.[1]
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Variant names and spellings
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names settled on "Ottauquechee River" as the stream's name in 1908. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[4]
- Otta Quechee River
- Ottaquechee River
- Ottaqueeche River
- Queechee River
- Queechy River
- Water Quechee River
- Waterchuichi River
- Waterqueechy River
- Waterqueechy
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- ^ a b c DeLorme (1996). Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-016-9
- ^ USGS GNIS: North Branch Ottauquechee River
- ^ USGS GNIS: Ottauquechee River
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