Winooski River

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river

The Winooski River is a major river in northern Vermont that flows westward into Lake Champlain, passing through several communities including the state capital, Montpelier.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Branch Winooski River	1
Stevens Branch of the Winooski River	1
Winooski River (near mouth)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crossesCounty	Chittenden County, Vermont ⓘ Lamoille County, Vermont ⓘ Orange County, Vermont ⓘ Washington County, Vermont ⓘ
drainageBasin	Lake Champlain basin ⓘ
flowsDirection	westward ⓘ
flowsInto	Lake Champlain ⓘ
flowsThrough	Essex, Vermont ⓘ Montpelier, Vermont ⓘ Richmond, Vermont ⓘ Waterbury, Vermont ⓘ Winooski, Vermont ⓘ
hasBridge	Winooski–Burlington bridge ⓘ
hasCityOnRiver	Burlington, Vermont (at mouth vicinity) ⓘ Montpelier, Vermont ⓘ Winooski, Vermont ⓘ
hasTownOnRiver	Essex, Vermont ⓘ Richmond, Vermont ⓘ Waterbury, Vermont ⓘ
hasTributary	Dog River NERFINISHED ⓘ Huntington River NERFINISHED ⓘ Little River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad River (Vermont) NERFINISHED ⓘ Winooski River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Branch Winooski River Onion River (historical name) ⓘ
historicalName	Onion River NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	approximately 145 kilometers ⓘ approximately 90 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Vermont ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northern Vermont ⓘ
locatedInWatershedOf	Saint Lawrence River ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence River (via Lake Champlain and Richelieu River)
mouthLocatedIn	Burlington, Vermont ⓘ surface form: Burlington, Vermont area
mouthLocation	Lake Champlain ⓘ
nameEtymology	derived from Abenaki word for wild onion or leek ⓘ
partOf	Lake Champlain watershed ⓘ
passesNear	Barre, Vermont ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn	Washington County, Vermont ⓘ
sourceLocation	central Vermont ⓘ
stateCapitalOnRiver	Montpelier, Vermont ⓘ
usedFor	boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ kayaking ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington County, Vermont → contains → Winooski River ⓘ

Vermont → hasMajorRiver → Winooski River ⓘ

Barre, Vermont → hasRiver → Winooski River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stevens Branch of the Winooski River

Winooski River → hasTributary → Winooski River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Branch Winooski River

Burlington, Vermont → locatedOnRiver → Winooski River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Winooski River (near mouth)

Vermont State House → near → Winooski River ⓘ

Montpelier, Vermont → river → Winooski River ⓘ