| Clyde River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| Region | Northeast Kingdom |
| City | Newport, Vermont |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Spectacle Pond[1] Island Pond |
| • location | Essex County, Vermont, United States |
| • coordinates | 44°48′2″N 71°51′1″W / 44.80056°N 71.85028°W |
| • elevation | 1,275 ft (389 m) |
| Mouth | Lake Memphremagog |
• location | Newport (city), Vermont, Orleans County, Vermont, United States |
• coordinates | 44°56′39″N 72°12′16″W / 44.94417°N 72.20444°W |
• elevation | 682 ft (208 m) |
| Length | 33.5 mi (53.9 km) |
| Basin size | 146 sq mi (380 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Newport, Vermont |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (from the mouth) Toad Pound discharge, Buck Brook, Mad Brook, Cold Brook, Payne Brook. |
| • right | (from the mouth) Stumpf Brook, Echo Lake discharge, Lang Brook, Mud Ponds, Pherrins River, Vermont. |
The Clyde River is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over 33.5 miles (54 km) long, in northern Vermont in the United States. It is the easternmost of the four major rivers in Orleans County. It is the most powerful of the four within Orleans County, powering several turbines at damsites.[2] It is part of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.
It was named by one of the early surveyors[3] from his partiality to a river of the same name in Scotland.
The Route 105/114 junction to Clyde Road section of Clyde River in Vermont is 21 miles (34 km) long and is rated by American Whitewater as a class I-III section.[4]
- ^ Sometimes called "Pitkin's Pond
- ^ The Passumpsic River is also powerful, but is mostly outside of Orleans County
- ^ James Whitelaw, eventual Surveyor-General of Vermont
- ^ "AMC NY-NoJ :: River Information". Archived from the original on 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-01-27.