Peters River
Coordinates: 42°00′54″N 71°29′52″W / 42.0151°N 71.4977°W
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The Peters River at the Diamond Hill Road (RI 114) crossing in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
The Peters River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.[1] It flows 7.0 miles (11.3 km).[2]
Course[]
The river rises from Curtis Pond in Bellingham, Massachusetts, flowing south through Bellingham and into Woonsocket, Rhode Island where is flows into the Blackstone River.
Crossings[]
Below is a list of all crossings over the Peters River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.
- Bellingham
- Maple Brook Road
- Cross Street
- Railroad Street
- Pulaski Boulevard
- Wrentham Road
- Paine Street
- Woonsocket
- Diamond Hill Road (RI 114)
- Wood Avenue
- Mill Street
Tributaries[]
Arnolds and Bungay Brooks are the only two named tributaries of the Peters River, though it has many unnamed streams that also feed it.
See also[]
- List of rivers in Massachusetts
- List of rivers in Rhode Island
- Blackstone River
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peters River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
Categories:
- Rivers of Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Rivers of Providence County, Rhode Island
- Rivers of Massachusetts
- Rivers of Rhode Island
- Tributaries of Providence River
- Northeastern United States river stubs
- Rhode Island geography stubs
- Worcester County, Massachusetts geography stubs
- Massachusetts river stubs