The Burgess Branch is a tributary of the

Missisquoi River The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada. It drains a rural area of the northern Green Moun ...

, crossing the municipalities of Eden ( Lamoille County) and Lowell in Orleans County,

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. The lower part of the Burgess Branch is accessible by Valley Road (south-east side of the river); the intermediary part, by Lamphere Road (mainly on south-east side); the upper part is served mainly by Mines Road. The surface of the Burgess Branch is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March.

Geography

The Burgess Branch takes its source at the mouth of a little lake (altitude: ) in the municipality of Eden. This lake is encased between Knob Mountain (on south side - summit reach ), Hadley Mountain (north-east side - summit reach ) and Belvidere Mountain (north-west side - summit reach ). This source of the river is located at: * south of the limited between Lamoille County and

Orleans County, Vermont Orleans County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,393. Its shire town (county seat) is the city of Newport. The county was created in 1792 and organized in ...

; * north-west of Lake Eden. From its source, the Burgess Branch flows over , with a drop of , according to the following segments: * towards the north by crossing successively an unidentified lake (length: ; altitude: ), a little lake which receives the discharge (coming from the south-east) from an unidentified stream, then the Corez Pond (length: ; altitude: ), to its mouth. Note: The mouth of Corez Pond corresponds to the limit between Lamoille County and

; * north at first in an encased valley, then crossing a plain, to the discharge (coming from west) of an unidentified lake; * north, then branching north-east in encased valley, receiving the discharge (coming from the north-west) of two unidentified brook, and crossing a march area, up to the discharge of Lockwood Brook (coming from north-west); * north-east, up to a brook (coming from south-east); * north-east in encased valley, forming a little loop toward east, up to a brook (coming from north-west); * north-east in encased valley, crossing Hazens Notch Road, up to its mouth. The Burgess Branch empties into the

, at the route 58 bridge. This point is the head of Missisquoi River. The mouth of the Burgess Branch is located at: * north-west of the center of Lowell, Vermont; * south of the Canada-US border; * east of

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Toponymy

The toponym "Burgess Branch" was registered on October 29, 1980 in the USGS (US Geological Survey).USGS
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