42°00′54″N 71°29′52″W / 42.0151°N 71.4977°W / 42.0151; -71.4977
For the Canadian town, see St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River.The Peters River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows 7.0 miles (11.3 km).
Course
The 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
Below 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
Arnolds 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
References
- 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
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