| Missisquoi River | |
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 Map of the Missisquoi River Watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Province State | Quebec Vermont |
| Administrative region County | Estrie (Canada) Orleans County, Vermont |
| RCM (Canada) | Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of Burgess Branch and East Missisquoi Branch |
| • location | Lowell |
| • coordinates | 44°48′25″N 72°27′32″W / 44.807°N 72.459°W |
| • elevation | 247 |
| Mouth | Lake Champlain (Missisquoi Bay) |
• location | Highgate, Vermont |
• coordinates | 44°59′46″N 73°08′56″W / 44.996°N 73.149°W |
• elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Length | 130 km (81 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Swanton, Vermont |
| • average | 51.36 cubic metres (1,814 cu ft) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), Richelieu River, Saint Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) lower US course: 3 unidentified brooks, Hungerford Brook, 5 unidentified brooks, Black Creek, Morrow Brook, Goodsell Brook, Tyler Branch, 4 unidentified brooks, Trout River, discharge of Guillmettes Pond, Loveland Brook, Whittaker Brook, Stanhope Brook, Mountain Brook, Lucas Brook; Canadian course: Loveland Brook, Mountain Brook, Leavitt Brook, Dufour Brook; Upper US course: Jay Branch, Buybee Brook, Coburn Brook, Taft Brook, discharge of McAllister Pond, Burgess Branch. |
| • right | (upstream) lower US course: Dead Creek, Kelly Brook, unidentified brook, McGowan Brook, 4 unidentified brooks, Giddings Brook, Trout Brook, 8 unidentified brooks, North Branch Missisquoi River (i.e. US segment; the Canadian segment is named Sutton River), 7 unidentified brooks; Canadian course: Davis Creek, Courser Creek, Brock River, Ruiter Creek, Missisquoi River North, Mud Creek; Upper US course: Beetle Brook, Lilly Brook, Mineral Spring Brook, East Missisquoi Branch. |
| Type | Recreational |
| Designated | December 19, 2014 |
The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately 80 miles (130 km) long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada.
It drains a rural area of the northern Green Mountains along the Canada–US border northeast of Lake Champlain, and an area of Quebec's Eastern Townships. The South Branch rises in Vermont and runs generally from southeast to northwest; the North Branch rises in Lake d'Argent in Eastman, Quebec, and runs from north to south. The North Branch and the South Branch join at Highwater, Quebec, just downriver from North Troy, Vermont. The river then runs in Quebec for approximately 15 miles (24 km), re-entering Vermont at Richford and thence to Lake Champlain's Missisquoi Bay.
