Talk:Seven Mile River (East Brookfield River tributary)

Seven Mile River vs. Sevenmile River

Moved the following discussion out of the article: --Ken Gallager (talk) 18:17, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Virtually all official documents pertaining to Spencer, Massachusetts call its major river the Seven Mile River

Given this, how is it that a river near Attleboro, in the Ten Mile River Watershed, gets to use its name? In addition, how is it that Spencer’s river is misspelled to Sevenmile River? Locals state that it is politics, “somebody stole the river!” Some think that the Geological Survey Quadrangle for the area had the space missing in its name so the name stuck. Anyway, if you live near Spencer, Massachusetts, the river remains the Seven Mile River. Anywhere else, it is probably called the Sevenmile River, whereas the one in the Ten Mile watershed would be the true Seven Mile River. The name Sevenmile River refers to the fact that the river served as a landmark along the road between Worcester and the Connecticut Valley and indicated it was seven miles to Brookfield[10]. It does not refer to the river's length.

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