The Pemigewasset River contains many resources of tremendous environmental significance. Wildlife, including river otter, mink, beaver, and muskrat, rely on this beautiful and unique New England river for most or all of their habitat. White-tailed deer, moose, raccoon, foxes, and coyotes roam its banks. Many species of birds use the river for nesting and feeding, and fish are in abundant supply.
The river served such early colonists as Daniel Webster and Matthew Thornton, as well as some famous native Americans, including Passaconoway, great chief of the Pennacooks. In more current days, its banks have been frequented by the poet Robert Frost and George Whipple, Nobel recipient for medicine.
