4-838: Contoocook may refer to a place name in New Hampshire, the United States: The Contoocook River , a tributary of the Merrimack River Contoocook, New Hampshire , a village in the town of Hopkinton, named for the river Contoocook Railroad Bridge , oldest surviving covered railroad bridge Contoocook Railroad Depot , restored railroad depot in Contoocook, New Hampshire Contoocook Lake in Jaffrey and Rindge, New Hampshire,
8-594: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Contoocook River The Contoocook River ( / k ə n ˈ t ʊ k ə k / ) is a 71-mile-long (114 km) river in New Hampshire . It flows from Contoocook Lake on the Jaffrey / Rindge border to Penacook (just north of Concord ), where it empties into the Merrimack River . It
12-541: Is one of only a few rivers in New Hampshire that flow in a predominantly northward direction. Four covered bridges span the river, one in the town of Henniker , one on the Hancock - Greenfield line, and two in the town of Hopkinton, New Hampshire with one being in the village of Contoocook , and the other in the populated place of West Hopkinton . Residents and tourists have made the Contoocook popular for fishing and whitewater boating. The name Contoocook came from
16-639: The source of the river USS Contoocook (1864) , a U.S. Navy vessel during the American Civil War [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contoocook&oldid=612204989 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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