The Magalloway River is a river in northwestern Maine and northern New Hampshire in the United States . It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River , which flows to the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine, near the Atlantic Ocean . The total length of the river is 30 miles (48 km), or 48 miles (77 km) if the distances across intervening lakes are included.
5-647: The Magalloway River rises near the extreme northwestern corner of Maine, at the juncture of the West Branch and the Third East Branch of the Magalloway. The river flows south through logging country to 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) Parmachenee Lake , then descends for another 2.6 miles (4.2 km) to the 15-mile-long (24 km) Aziscohos Lake. Below the lake dam, the Magalloway turns west and descends 250 feet (76 m) in 2 miles (3.2 km) to
10-680: The United States . It is a tributary of the Magalloway River , located in the Androscoggin River watershed of Maine and New Hampshire. The river rises in the northeastern corner of Pittsburg, New Hampshire , at the outlet of Boundary Pond, whose western end just touches the Canada–United States border . The river flows in a curving route to the east, entering Maine after two miles. The river passes through
15-637: The south end of the reservoir off Maine State Route 16 . This article related to a river in Maine is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in New Hampshire is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Branch Magalloway River The West Branch of the Magalloway River is a 9.3-mile-long (15.0 km) river in northernmost New Hampshire and northwestern Maine in
20-473: The townships of Second College Grant and Wentworth Location in New Hampshire. Its name is from some Native American language, meaning "large tail". Aziscohos Lake extends upstream from Aziscohos Dam in Lincoln Plantation through Parkertown township into Lynchtown township. The reservoir is good habitat for brook trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon . There is a public boat launch site at
25-810: The village of Wilsons Mills, Maine, before once again turning south, now along the New Hampshire–Maine border. The river ends where it joins the outlet of Umbagog Lake , forming the Androscoggin River . Tributaries of the Magalloway include the West Branch, the First, Second, and Third East Branches, the Little Magalloway River , and the Dead Diamond River . The Magalloway passes through the townships of Parmachenee, Lynchtown, Parkertown, Lincoln, and Magalloway in Maine, and
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