Coaticook River

Coaticook River
Country	United States, Canada
Basin features
Main source	Norton Pond, Essex County, Vermont
River mouth	Massawippi River, Waterville, Quebec 149 m (489 ft)
Basin size	364 km2 (141 sq mi)
Tributaries	Left: (from mouth) creeks: Bradley, Drouin-Prémont, Sévigny, Ferland, Rodrigue, Giroux, Bissonnette, Lafond, Sylvestre (crossing the border), Mesker Meadow creek (Meadow Brook in USA); United States: Gaudette Brook, Sutton Brook Right: (from mouth) creeks: Saint-Michel, Bourdon-Drouin, branch Lachance, creek Cornoir, du Pont-Rouge, Grenier, Tremblay, Cushing, Verill; United States: Number Six, Number Five, Davis Brook, Station Brook
Physical characteristics
Length	56 km (35 mi)

Coordinates: 45°05′24″N 74°11′07″W / 45.09000°N 74.18528°W / 45.09000; -74.18528

The Coaticook River is a north-flowing river rising in Vermont, United States, and located primarily in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The mouth of the river is located north of Waterville and south of Lennoxville, near the southern border of the city of Sherbrooke, at the Massawippi River. Via the Massawippi and the Saint-François River, it is part of the St. Lawrence River watershed.

The name for the Coaticook River comes from the Abenaki name koatikeku which means "River of the land of the white pine". White pines were common in the surrounding region and the nearby upper Connecticut River valley. Names such as Coös, as in Coös County, New Hampshire, are derivative from this type of tree.

The toponym "Coaticook River" was officialized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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