42°00′54″N 71°29′52″W / 42.0151°N 71.4977°W
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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
editThe 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
editBelow 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
editArnolds 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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