Moose River

The Moose River is a small river in the U.S. state of Vermont. It flows into the Passumpsic River at St. Johnsbury, and is part of the Connecticut River basin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium and St. Johnsbury Historic District.

Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

Museum

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The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium is a combination natural science museum, history museum, and planetarium located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. It was founded in 1890 by businessman, politician, naturalist, and collector Franklin Fairbanks.

St. Johnsbury Historic District

Historic site

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The St. Johnsbury Historic District encompasses much of the historic civic and commercial center of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Representing a significant expansion of the Railroad Street Historic District and the St.

Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum

Library

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The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum is a combined library and art gallery, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The building in which it is housed is architecturally and historically significant because of its construction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Johnsbury and Railroad Street Historic District.

St. Johnsbury

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St. Johnsbury or Saint Johnsbury is the shire town of Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,364. St. Johnsbury is situated on the Passumpsic River and is located approximately six miles northwest of the Connecticut River and 48 miles south of the Canada–U.S. border.

Railroad Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Railroad Street Historic District encompasses a cluster of commercial and railroad-related buildings at the traditional late 19th-century heart of St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Passumpsic

Hamlet

Passumpsic is an unincorporated village in the town of Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 5 and the Passumpsic River 3 miles south of St. Johnsbury. Passumpsic has a post office with ZIP code 05861. Passumpsic is situated 3½ miles south of Moose River.

Moose River

Type: Stream
Description: tributary of the Passumpsic River in Vermont, United States
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Caledonia, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.42311° or 44° 25′ 23″ north

Longitude

-72.01121° or 72° 0′ 40″ west

Elevation

558 feet (170 metres)

Open location code

87P9CXFQ+6G

GeoNames ID

5238713

Wikidata ID

Q19344091

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Moose River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Moose”
Cebuano: “Moose River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Vermont)”
Cebuano: “Moose River”
German: “Moose River”
Irish: “Abhainn Moose”
Venetian: “Moose”
Welsh: “Afon Moose”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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