Ellis River (Maine)

Ellis River
The Ellis River and the Lovejoy Bridge
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaine
Physical characteristics
SourceEllis Pond
 • locationOxford County, Maine
 • coordinates44°39′17″N 70°41′3″W / 44.65472°N 70.68417°W / 44.65472; -70.68417
 • elevation812 feet (247 m)
MouthAndroscoggin River
 • location
Oxford County, Maine
 • coordinates
44°30′18″N 70°40′25″W / 44.50500°N 70.67361°W / 44.50500; -70.67361
 • elevation
605 feet (184 m)
Length23 miles (37 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftWest Branch Ellis River
Ellis River
Dunn
Frye Brook
Burroughs Brook
Stony Brook
Ellis Pond
Meadow Brook
North Andover
Abbott Brook
Andover
Sawyer Brook
Maine 120.svg SR 120 Andover
Black Brook
Horseshoe Brook
East Andover
West Branch Ellis River
Lone Brook
South Andover
Gardner Brook
Howe Brook
Coburn Brook
Rumford Point
Meadow Brook
US 2.svg US 2 Rumford
Androscoggin River

The Ellis River is a 23-mile-long (37 km)[1] river in Oxford County in western Maine. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River.

The river begins at the outlet of Ellis Pond in the northwest corner of Roxbury and flows southwest via a meandering course into Andover, passing the village of East Andover before turning more to the southeast near South Andover. The river enters the corporate limits of Rumford and joins the Androscoggin at the village of Rumford Point.

From South Andover to the river's mouth, the Ellis River is followed by Maine State Route 5. U.S. Route 2 crosses the river just above its outlet to the Androscoggin.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 30, 2011