Salmon Falls River

River in New Hampshire, United States
43°33′10″N 70°57′13″W / 43.55278°N 70.95361°W / 43.55278; -70.95361 • elevation560 ft (170 m) MouthPiscataqua River
 • location
Dover, NH/Eliot, ME
 • coordinates
43°10′33″N 70°49′26″W / 43.17583°N 70.82389°W / 43.17583; -70.82389
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)Length38 mi (61 km)Basin featuresTributaries  • leftLittle River, Great Works River • rightBranch River

The Salmon Falls River is a tributary of the Piscataqua River in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. It rises at Great East Lake, Newichawannock Canal, and Horn Pond and flows south-southeast for approximately 38 miles (61 km), forming the border between York County, Maine, and Strafford County, New Hampshire.[1]

The Salmon Falls River joins the Cochecho River near Dover, New Hampshire, to form the Piscataqua River.[2]

It provides hydroelectric power at the New Hampshire towns of Milton, North Rochester, East Rochester, New Hampshire, Somersworth, and Rollinsford, and in Maine at Berwick and South Berwick. The final three miles of the river, from South Berwick to the Piscataqua, are tidal.

Local Abenaki Indians called the river Newichawannock (New-ik-a-WAN-nok), meaning "river with many falls". See Newichawannock Canal

Salmon Falls River between South Berwick and Rollinsford

See also

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External links

  • History of the Newichawannock – Salmon Falls River

References

  1. ^ New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. Dover East 7½-minute quadrangle. July 1, 1990.
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