Bernardston Fall River dam and railroad bridge postcard

The Fall River is a river in southern

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and northern

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, joining the Connecticut River just downstream from

Turners Falls, Massachusetts Turners Falls is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,512 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropoli ...

.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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, accessed March 5, 2013 The river rises on the eastern slopes of East Mountain in Guilford, Vermont, and flows southward into

Bernardston, Massachusetts Bernardston () is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,102 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Falls Fight Township Bernardston, Mas ...

. For nearly its entire length in Bernardston it is followed by

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and

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, flowing for most of that distance between the two highways. South of Bernardston the river forms the boundary between the town of

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and the city of Greenfield. The Fall River enters the Connecticut River directly across from the village of Turners Falls within the town of Montague and just downstream from the Turners Falls dam.

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Rivers of Vermont Rivers of Franklin County, Massachusetts Tributaries of the Connecticut River Rivers of Massachusetts Rivers of Windham County, Vermont {{Vermont-river-stub

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