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'''Chickwolnepy Stream''',<ref>{{gnis|866154}}</ref> also called '''Chickwollopy''', is a {{convert|14.2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref>[http://www.granit.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system]</ref> [[river]] in northern [[New Hampshire]] in the [[United States]].  It is a tributary of the [[Androscoggin River]], which flows south and east into [[Maine]], joining the [[Kennebec River]] near the [[Atlantic Ocean]].

==Etymology==
There are two names in local usage for the stream, Chickwollopy and Chickwolnepy, the latter of which is the official name. Both names derive from the [[Androscoggin people|Arosaguntacook dialect]] of the [[Abenaki]] language. "Chickwollopy" coming from the words ''chegual'' and ''aki'', thus meaning "frog place" or "land where frogs dwell".<ref>Bailey K. Davis.'' Traditions and Recollections of Berlin, New Hampshire'', Berlin Public Library, 1897.</ref> "Chickwolnepy" comes from the words ''chegual'' and ''nebe'' meaning "frog pond", a reference to it being the only brook in the area rising from a pond.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://archive.org/stream/indianplacenames00hude#page/n1/mode/2up| title=Indian Place Names of New England| author=John C. Huden|access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

==Description==
Chickwolnepy Stream rises at the outlet of [[Success Pond]] in the township of [[Success, New Hampshire]]. The stream flows generally west to the Androscoggin River in the town of [[Milan, New Hampshire|Milan]], passing briefly through the township of [[Cambridge, New Hampshire|Cambridge]]. The stream passes Cambridge Black Mountain and Bald Mountain, staying in a wooded valley where [[logging]] is prevalent.

==See also==
{{portal|New Hampshire}}
*[[List of rivers of New Hampshire]]

==References==
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{{Androscoggin River}}
{{Rivers of New Hampshire}}
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[[Category:Rivers of New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Rivers of Coös County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin]]


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