Otter Creek (Vermont)
| Otter Creek | |
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 Otter Creek Falls in Middlebury
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Vermont |
| Counties | Bennington, Rutland, Addison |
| Towns/Cities | Wallingford, Rutland, Brandon, Middlebury, Vergennes |
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| - location | Peru, Vermont |
| - elevation | 2,500 ft (762 m) |
| - coordinates | 43°16′49″N 72°58′32″W / 43.28024°N 72.97545°W |
| Mouth | Fort Cassin Point, Lake Champlain |
| - location | Ferrisburgh |
| - elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| - coordinates | 44°13′32″N 73°19′29″W / 44.2256084°N 73.3248477°WCoordinates: 44°13′32″N 73°19′29″W / 44.2256084°N 73.3248477°W |
| Length | 112 mi (180 km) |
 Course of Otter Creek
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Otter Creek is one of the major streams located in the state of Vermont. Roughly 112 miles (180 km) in length, it is the primary stream running through Rutland County and Addison County. It is one of the largest rivers in the state.
Otter Creek (or "Kill") was known to the French as "La Rivière aux Loutres", whence the English name. On April 1, 1690, Capt. Abraham Schuyler was commissioned by the city of Albany to take a party up the Otter Creek about 7 miles (11 km) and there to keep watch and engage any Native Americans. This would correspond today to the City of Vergennes. In 1731, the French began construction of a fort at Crown Point to be known as Fort Frederic. Before construction began, they founded a new settlement called Addison.
Vergennes, situated on the first falls, 7 miles (11 km) upstream from the outlet of Otter Creek, was chartered in 1778 only four years after New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, and thus was the third incorporated city in New England.
Otter Creek rises in the Green Mountain National Forest on the western slopes of Mt. Tabor in the town of Peru in Bennington County, and flows southwesterly into the town of Dorset towards East Dorset, thence veering northward into Emerald Lake. Thence it runs northward passing through the towns of Danby, Wallingford, Clarendon, and Rutland town, the city of Rutland, and the towns of Proctor, Pittsford, and Brandon, all in Rutland County. On entering Addison County, it generally forms the boundary between various towns. It next passes through Middlebury, Weybridge and Vergennes and eventually empties into Lake Champlain at Ferrisburgh.
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