The Water Power op Vermont. 645 



:average width is 57|. Its entire area is 9,05G| square 

 miles, or 5,796,000 acres, and a large amount of this 

 territory is covered with water. 



The Connecticut basin embraces that portion of both 

 Vermont and New Hampshire whose waters are drained 

 into the Connecticut. It receives the waters from 37,000 

 square miles of territory. The Connecticut receives 

 from Vermont, besides numerous smaller streams, the 

 waters of the eleven following streams : Wantastiquet, 

 or West River, Saxton's, Williams, Ottaquechee, Black, 

 White, Ompompanoosuc, Waits, Wells, Passumpsic and 

 Nalhegan. The Clyde, Barton and Black rivers run north- 

 erly into lake Memphremagog. The Missisco, Lamoille, 

 Winooski and Poultney rivers and the Otter Creek flow 

 westerly into Lake Champlain, and the Battenkill and Hoosic 

 westerly into the Hudson. The Deerfield river runs south- 

 erly from Vermont and enters the Connecticut in Massa- 

 chusetts, and the Coaticook and Pike head in the northern 

 part of the State and run into Canada, the former uniting 

 with the Missiwappa river at Leuoxville, and the latter fall- 

 ing into the head .of Missisco bay. 



The Wantastiquet receives the Winhall, Bald Mountain 

 branch, another branch from Wardsboro, Meadow branch, 

 and in Newfane South and Smith branches. The Wantas- 

 tiquet affords few water privileges, but its branches afford 

 much available power. This river receives the waters from 

 about 440 square miles. 



Saxton's river is formed by the union of several streams 

 and is capable of affording a large power. Williams 



