{{short description|River in Vermont}} {{redirect|Barton River}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox river | name = Barton River | image = BARI-VT.jpg | image_caption = Barton River Marsh | map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_size = 300 | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Vermont | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Northeast Kingdom | subdivision_type5 = City | subdivision_name5 = Newport, Vermont |length_mi=22 | discharge1_location= Newport, Vermont | source1 = Crystal Lake | source1_location = Orleans County, Vermont, United States | source1_coordinates= {{coord|44|43|55|N|72|9|4|W|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|968|ft|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Lake Memphremagog | mouth_location = Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|44|56|39|N|72|12|16|W|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|682|ft|m|abbr=on}} |basin_size_mi2=174 | tributaries_right = Crystal Lake, Willoughby River }}
The '''Barton River''' is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over {{convert|22|mi|km|0}} long, in northern Vermont in the United States.
It runs north from Glover through Barton, Brownington, Coventry and drains through Newport into Lake Memphremagog's South Bay.
==Course== The Barton River arises from the fountains of the former Runaway Pond in Glover.
The stretch of river from Vermont Route 16 north of Glover village to Lake Memphremagog is {{convert|21.5|mi|km|1}} long and is rated by American Whitewater as a class I-III section.<ref>[http://www.riverfacts.com/rivers/13347.html Vermont Whitewater] accessed January 12, 2008</ref>
Roaring Brook runs from Parker Pond in West Glover to the river in southern Barton near Route 16.
One of the head branches is the drain from Crystal Lake in the village of Barton.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/geographyandgeo00thomgoog/page/n45 <!-- pg=35 quote="belle pond" "crystal lake" barton. --> History of Vermont: Natural, Civil, and Statistical 1853] accessed January 13, 2008</ref>
After leaving Barton village, U.S. Route 5, Interstate 91 and the railroad all follow the course of the Barton River valley north to Newport.
The Willoughby River flows from Lake Willoughby into the Barton River in Orleans and provides considerable volume. Orleans was once called "Barton Landing" and was the place where, historically, craft could be safely loaded for transport north.
After leaving Orleans, it flows through eastern Irasburg, through Coventry and then into Lake Memphremagog.
Parts of the following Vermont towns are in the Barton River watershed: Derby, Coventry, Brownington, Irasburg, Barton, Westmore, Sheffield, Glover, and Albany. Water bodies in the watershed include Lake Willoughby, Crystal Lake, Shadow Lake, Lake Parker, and Brownington Pond. <ref>{{cite book |title = Public invited to meetings about Memphremagog watershed | publisher = the Chronicle | date = August 5, 2007}}</ref>
==See also== *List of rivers of Vermont *List of rivers of the United States
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Barton River}} *[http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf Vermont Agency of Natural Resources]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} retrieved July 17, 2008
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Category:Rivers of Vermont Category:Lake Memphremagog Category:Derby, Vermont Category:Glover, Vermont Category:Barton, Vermont Category:Barton (village), Vermont Category:Brownington, Vermont Category:Orleans, Vermont Category:Irasburg, Vermont Category:Coventry, Vermont Category:Westmore, Vermont Category:Northeast Kingdom, Vermont Category:Rivers of Orleans County, Vermont Category:Tributaries of the Saint Lawrence River