The Water Powkr of Vermont. 649 



Belle Pond unites with the stream from Glover. These 

 united waters receive Willoughby river, which rises from 

 a pond of the same name in Westmore. It waters about 

 160 square miles. 



Black river, in Orleans county, is formed in Craftsburj 

 by the united waters of Elligo and Ilosmer's ponds, and 

 Trout branch, running tln-ough Irasburgh and Albany, and 

 falls into Soutli bay of lake Memphremagog in Newport. 

 Its length is 30 miles and it waters about 150 square miles. 

 There are a few eligible water powers on its course. 



Missisco river rises in Lowell, Orleans county, running 

 througli the towns of Westfield, Troy, Potton (Canada), 

 Richford, Berkshire, Enosburgh, Sheldon, Highgate, and 

 falls into Missisco bay near the Canada line. Tliere are 

 several falls and rapids in this river, but the current is 

 generally moderate and the river wdde and shallow. It 

 affords a large number of valuable sites for mills and 

 factories. Black creek and Taylor's branch are its most 

 considerable tributaries. The length of the river, including 

 its windings, is about 75 miles, and it receives the waters 

 from about 582 square miles. It is navigable for vessels of 

 50 tons burden to Swanton Falls. 



Lamoille river formerly rose in a bed from a runaway 

 pond in Glover. It is now formed by a union of several 

 streams in Greensboro. It is joined in Hydepark by a 

 considerable stream whicli issues from Caspian lake in 

 Greensboro, receives other tributaries in Wolcott and 

 Cambridge, and falls into lake Champlain in Colchester. 

 The current is generally slow and gentle above Cambridge ; 

 between there and the lake there are considerable falls. It 



