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The Mettawee River (sometimes spelled "Mettowee River") is a
Mettawee River - Granville Area Chamber of Commerce
Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Vermont Tributaries of Lake Champlain Rivers of Rutland County, Vermont Rivers of Washington County, New York New York (state) placenames of Native American origin Vermont placenames of Native American origin {{Vermont-river-stub
The Mettawee River (sometimes spelled "Mettowee River") is a tributary
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of Lake Champlain
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in western Vermont
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and eastern New York
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in the United States
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. From its source at the southern slopes of Dorset Mountain
Dorset Mountain, on the border of Rutland and Bennington counties in Vermont, is part of the Taconic Range. The summit of Dorset Mountain is in Danby. An unmaintained hiking trail ascends from the southwest.
Dorset Mountain was the site of ...
, Vermont, the river flows southwards for 17 miles, flowing through Mettawee Valley in Vermont and passing the town of Granville, New York
Granville is a town on the eastern border of Washington County, New York, United States, abutting Rutland County, Vermont. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 6,215 at the 2020 census.
The to ...
before emptying into Lake Champlain. It has a drainage basin of 167 square miles, with an average discharge of per second.
The river is a popular attraction for rapids and kayak
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ing.
History
The Mettawee River got its name from the Algonquin people, Algonquin tribe living alongside the river, although its exact origin is unknown. Suggestions of the name origin include being from anAlgonquin language
Algonquin (also spelled Algonkin; in Algonquin: or ) is either a distinct Algonquian languages, Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe language dialects, Ojibwe dialect. It is spoken, alon ...
meaning “furthest away,” a derivation from the Massachusett language
The Massachusett language is an Algonquian languages, Algonquian language of the Algic languages, Algic language family that was formerly spoken by several peoples of eastern coastal and southeastern Massachusetts. In its revived form, it is s ...
for "poplar tree," or from Abenaki
The Abenaki ( Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was pred ...
for the junction of two rivers.
See also
*List of rivers of New York
Rivers in the U.S. state of New York include:
By drainage basin
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New York Harbor
Block Island Sound
*Peconic River
** Little Rive ...
*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. ...
References
External links
Mettawee River - Granville Area Chamber of Commerce
Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Vermont Tributaries of Lake Champlain Rivers of Rutland County, Vermont Rivers of Washington County, New York New York (state) placenames of Native American origin Vermont placenames of Native American origin {{Vermont-river-stub