Winooski River

The Winooski River in Montpelier

The Winooski River Bike Bridge. It connects with Burlington Colchester

It rises about six kilometers north of Cabot. From there, it flows south, crossing the Lower Tabot Town Forest. From Marshfield he meanders mostly along U.S. Highway 2 in southwestern direction.

West of Plainfield when Cate Cemetery opens the Kingsbury Branch in Winooski. From Montpelier it flows (also known as Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) along the Interstate 89. Not far from Middlesex meets the Mad River added as a left tributary. Other towns along the Winooski are Burlington, Colchester, Waterbury, North Duxbury, Bolton, Jonesville, Essex Junction, Richmond and Winooski. Add Malletts Bay of Winooski in the Lake Champlain opens. The catchment area is 2797 square kilometers.

Counties which the river passes through are:

• Washington County
• Chittenden County
• Lamoille County
• Orange County

The seven major tributary of the Winooski River are:

• Little River
• Kingsbury Branch
• North Branch
• Stevens Branch River
• Dog River
• Mad River
• Huntington River

Surnames

Other names of the river are:

• French River
• Onion River Country
• Onion River
• Ouinous qui
• Ouinous - tic
• Ouinouski
• Ouinoustick

• River Ouijstic
• River Ouynouski
• Winooskeek
• Winooski - tuk
• Winooskie - Took
• Winooskitook
• Winose River