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Kearsarge North is a mountain located about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names accepted the name "Pequawket Mountain" in 1915 but it was renamed Kearsarge North in 1957. [2] The Pequawket are a subdivision of the Abenaki people who
The Pequawket killed Lovewell; however, the British killed Chief Paugus. After that skirmish, the Pequawket and the Arosaguntacook withdrew to the Connecticut River . The Arosaguntacook migrated north to Canada, where they settled in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec , while the Pequawket stayed there through the American Revolutionary War .
Pequawket Brook is a 6.4-mile-long (10.3 km) [1] stream near the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It lies within the watershed of the Saco River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine. The brook is under the jurisdiction of the New Hampshire Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act.
In 1665, a trading post was established by Francis Small in the vicinity of Cornish village, not far from the confluence of the Ossipee River with the Saco River.Here converged three major Abenaki Indian paths—the Sokokis Trail (), the Ossipee Trail and the Pequawket Trail (), making it a central location for conducting with Native Americans the lucrative fur trade.
The Ossipee River is an 18.3-mile-long (29.5 km) [1] river in eastern New Hampshire and western Maine in the United States.It is a tributary of the Saco River, which flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Saco, Maine.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.
The Swift River rises in the township of Livermore, New Hampshire, on the eastern side of Kancamagus Pass, and flows east into a broad valley, surrounded by mountains, known as the Albany Intervale. Leaving the intervale, the river enters a narrow gorge, passing over two sets of small waterfalls, and continues east through the town of Albany to ...
The Wonalancet River is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km) [1] river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States.Named after the 17th-century Pennacook sachem Wonalancet, it is a tributary of the southern Swift River, part of the Bearcamp River / Ossipee Lake / Saco River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean.