Halls Stream or Rivière Hall is a tributary of the
Connecticut River in eastern
North America. For most of its length, it forms the
Canada–United States border, with the province of
Quebec
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(
Canada
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) to its west and the state of
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
(
United States
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) to its east.
Geography
The stream flows from north to south, with a
logging landscape on the New Hampshire side, and a mixture of woodland and farms on the Quebec side. Near the southern end of the stream, the international boundary diverges from Halls Stream and heads west, along a line which, when it was originally surveyed, was intended to be on the
45th parallel. South of this line, Halls Stream enters the state of
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
, flowing through the town of
Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
in
Essex County for a little over a half mile. In the village of
Beecher Falls, Vermont, it empties into the Connecticut River (which forms the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire).
Where Halls Stream forms the international border, it divides the following municipalities:
* East side: Town of
Pittsburg,
Coos County,
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
* West side: Municipalities of
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast.
The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli ...
,
Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, and
East Hereford, in
Coaticook Regional County Municipality,
Estrie
Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...
administrative region,
Quebec
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History
Historically, Halls Stream factored into an international boundary dispute in this area, and it formed part of the border of the so-called
Republic of Indian Stream
The Republic of Indian Stream or Indian Stream Republic was an unrecognized republic in North America, along the section of the border that divides the current Canadian province of Quebec from the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It existed from July ...
.
Toponymy
The term "Halls" is a surname of English origin.
The toponym "Rivière Hall" was officialized on December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec (Quebec Geographical Names Board) and on October 29, 1980, in the United States
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See also
* List of rivers of New Hampshire
This is a list of rivers and significant streams in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
All watercourses named "River" (freshwater or tidal) are listed here, as well as other streams which are either subject to thNew Hampshire Comprehensive Shorelan ...
* List of rivers of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about:
*one million lakes of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes;
*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 ...
* List of rivers of Vermont
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by drainage basin, and ordered from lower to higher, with the towns at their mouths:
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River flows south towards Long Island Sound in Connecticut ...
* List of international border rivers
This is a List of international river borders. Rivers that form any portion of the border between two countries minimum:
By region
Africa
300px, Countries in Africa
The following rivers form borders of countries in Africa:
* Akanyaru River: ...
References
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Rivers of New Hampshire
Rivers of Vermont
Rivers of Estrie
Rivers of Coös County, New Hampshire
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
Canada–United States border
Tributaries of the Connecticut River
International rivers of North America