The North River is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km) river in western Massachusetts, the United States.
It is formed by the confluence of the 7.1-mile-long (11.4 km) West Branch and the 17.5-mile-long (28.2 km) East Branch of the North River in the town of Colrain, Massachusetts. The river is a tributary of the Deerfield River, joining it just north of the village of Shelburne Falls.
Famous quotes containing the words north and/or river:
“By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,
Lonely from the beginning of time until now!
Trees fall, the grass goes yellow with autumn.”
—Li Po (701–762)
“There is a great river this side of Stygia,”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)