Phillips Brook is a 19.6 mile long (31.6 km) river

River

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 in northern New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 in the United States

United States

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. It is a tributary of the Upper Ammonoosuc River

Upper Ammonoosuc River

The Upper Ammonoosuc River is a tributary of the Connecticut River that flows through Coös County in northern part of the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire...

 and part of the Connecticut River

Connecticut River

The Connecticut River is the largest and longest river in New England, and also an American Heritage River. It flows roughly south, starting from the Fourth Connecticut Lake in New Hampshire. After flowing through the remaining Connecticut Lakes and Lake Francis, it defines the border between the...

 watershed

Drainage basin

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Phillips Brook rises in the township of Erving's Location, New Hampshire

Erving's Location, New Hampshire

Erving's Location is a township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships , and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government .According to the 2010 census, the population of the...

 in the vicinity of Kelsey Notch and flows south through Odell

Odell, New Hampshire

Odell is a township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships , and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government...

, Millsfield

Millsfield, New Hampshire

Millsfield is a township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 23 at the 2010 census....

 and Dummer

Dummer, New Hampshire

Dummer is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT micropolitan statistical area...

 to join the Upper Ammonoosuc River in the town of Stark

Stark, New Hampshire

Stark is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 556 at the 2010 census. It has a famous covered bridge. The town includes the villages of Percy and Crystal as well as the village of Stark, located on the Upper Ammonoosuc River. New Hampshire Route 110 runs through...

 near the village of Crystal. For most of its length it flows through wild country with a long history of timber harvesting

Logging

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