Peters River

42°00′54″N 71°29′52″W / 42.0151°N 71.4977°W / 42.0151; -71.4977

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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peters River
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011