Ashuelot River - Definition and Overview

The Ashuelot River is a tributary of the Connecticut River, approximately 64 mi (102 km) long, in southwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of 425 sq mi (1105 km²), including much of the area known as the Monadnock Region.

It rises out of Butterfield Pond south of Sunapee Mountain in Pillsbury State Park, near Washington in southwestern Sullivan County. It flows southwest through Ashuelot Pond into Cheshire County, then south past Keene and Swanzey and along the east side of the Pisgah Mountains. At Winchester, approximately 3 mi (5 km) from the Massachusetts state line, it turns west, flowing past Ashuelot and joining the Connecticut from the east at Hinsdale, in the extreme southwest corner of New Hampshire.

The river is impounded to supply hydroelectricity at Keene, Swanzey, Winchester, and Hinsdale. The river is part of the Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program of the U.S. governmnent.

See also

• List of New Hampshire rivers

External link

• Keene, NH: Ashuelot River Park (http://www.ci.keene.nh.us/parks/ashuelot_river%20_park.htm)
• Atlas of the Ashuelot River (http://www.swrpc.org/library/natural_resources/Atlas.pdf) (PDF)