The trail will provide improved portages and access sites for paddling, fishing, and boating. There are currently over 40 mapped public access sites to the river. The Androscoggin Riverlands State Park in Maine is a popular area for paddling. It consists of along the western shoreline of the river just east of Turner. History The ancient name for the river was Pescedona, which is Abenaki for "a branch". According to the USGS, variant names for the Androscoggin River include Amasagu'nteg, Amascongan, Ambrose Coggin, Ammeriscoggin, Ammoscoggin, Amos Coggin, Amoscommun, Anasagunticook, Anconganunticook, Andrews Coggin, Andros Coggan, Andros Coggin, Androscoggen, Andrus Coggin, Aumoughcaugen, and Ameriscoggin River. The average Androscoggin drop of eight feet per mile (1.5m per km) made it an excellent source of water power encouraging development of the cities of Berlin, New Hampshire, and Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, and the Maine towns of Brunswick, Topsham, Lisbon Falls, Livermore Falls, Chisholm, Mexico, Rumford and Bethel. Major tributaries Listed from source to mouth of Androscoggin, with location of tributary's mouth: Magalloway River, Errol, New Hampshire Clear Stream, Errol, New Hampshire Mollidgewock Brook, Errol, New Hampshire Chickwolnepy Stream, Milan, New Hampshire Dead River, Berlin, New Hampshire Moose Brook, Gorham, New Hampshire Moose River, Gorham, New Hampshire Peabody River, Gorham, New Hampshire Wild River, Gilead, Maine Pleasant River, Bethel, Maine Alder River, Bethel, Maine Sunday River, Bethel, Maine Bear River, Newry, Maine Ellis River, Rumford, Maine Concord River, Rumford, Maine Swift River, Rumford and Mexico, Maine Webb River, Dixfield, Maine Dead River, Leeds, Maine Nezinscot River, Turner, Maine Little Androscoggin River, Auburn, Maine Sabattus River, Lisbon, Maine Little River, Lisbon Falls, Maine References Further reading McFarlane, Wallace Scot, “Defining a Nuisance: Pollution, Science, and Environmental Politics on Maine’s Androscoggin River,” Environmental History, 17 (April 2012), 307–35. External links MaineRivers.org Androscoggin River profile Real-time flow data for the Errol, NH, Gorham, NH, Rumford, ME, and Auburn, ME gages. USGS River Basin Info Androscoggin River Watershed Council Characterization of Mercury Contamination in the Androscoggin River, Coos County, New Hampshire United States Geological Survey Northern Forest Canoe Trail Rivers of Coös County, New Hampshire Rivers of New Hampshire Rivers of Sagadahoc County, Maine Rivers of Androscoggin County, Maine Rivers of Oxford County, Maine Rivers of Maine Maine placenames of Native American origin New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin