page_title: Androscoggin River
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Androscoggin River / References
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kanal zu einem Wasserkraftwerk in Gorham, New Hampshire. English: Power canal along the Androscoggin River in Gorham, New Hampshire. Italiano: Canale lungo l'Androscoggin vicno Gorham. English: View of part of the Androscoggin River in the town of Gorham, NH. The dam visible in the photograph is located at 44° 23' 59"N, 71° 11' 24"W.
context_page_description: The Androscoggin River is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is 178 miles long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is 3,530 square miles in area. The name "Androscoggin" comes from the Eastern Abenaki term /aləssíkɑntəkw/ or /alsíkɑntəkw/, meaning "river of cliff rock shelters"; or perhaps from Penobscot /aləsstkɑtəkʷ/, meaning "river of rock shelters". The Anglicization of the Abenaki term is likely an analogical contamination with the colonial governor Edmund Andros.
context_section_description: Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates.
  U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Androscoggin River, USGS GNIS.
  Google Earth elevation for GNIS mouth coordinates.
  "Androscoggin Watershed". MaineRivers.org. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  Water Resources Data - Maine, Water Year 2005, USGS Water Data Reports for the United States, 2005.
  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
  Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  Dean R. Snow, "Eastern Abenaki", in Handbook of North American Indians, ed. Bruce G. Trigger (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1978), 15:146.
  Sharon, Susan (May 17, 2007). "Cities Battle over River's Pollution Level". NPR. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  https://wgme.com/news/local/reports-of-explosion-at-jay-mill
  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paper-mill-explosion-jay-maine-today/
  "The Androscoggin River Trail". Androscoggin River Watershed Council. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  "Androscoggin River Canoe Trail". UNTAMED Mainer. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  Perry, Michael (20 June 2016). "Paddling the Androscoggin River is all about reflection". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  DeLorme Mapping Company, The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (13th edition) (1988) ISBN 0-89933-035-5 maps 6,10,11&19
caption: Power canal along the Androscoggin River in Gorham, New Hampshire
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