Hoosic
Origin	Hoosac Range of Massachusetts
Mouth	Hudson River at Schaghticoke, NY
Basin countries	USA
Length	70 mi (110 km)
Avg. discharge	USGS gage
Basin area	720 square miles (1,900 km2)

The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a tributary of the Hudson River, 70 miles (113 km) long, in the northeastern United States. The varying transliterations are from the Algonquin name, probably meaning "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or perhaps "stony place" (either because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or because local soils are so stony).

The main stream, the south branch, rises in northwestern Massachusetts in the Hoosac Range. It flows north, west, and northwest, past the Massachusetts towns of Cheshire, Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown, and then across Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, before entering New York. It flows past Hoosick Falls, where it provides hydroelectric power and joins the Hudson 14 mi (23 km) above the city of Troy in the town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County.

[edit] Tributaries

• North Branch Hoosic River
• Green River
• Little Hoosick River
• Walloomsac River
• Owl Kill

[edit] See also

• List of Massachusetts rivers
• List of New York rivers
• List of Vermont rivers

[edit] External links

• USGS water flow statistics at Williamstown
• Hoosic River Watershed Association
• Hoosuck Chapter of Trout Unlimited
• Hoosic River Nature Trail in Williamstown

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