Winooski

The Winooski River crosses the Green Mountains and runs west to Lake Champlain. Its Abenaki name refers to the wild onions that grew along its banks, and English settlers called it the Onion River. The river and connecting trails formed an important route between the lake and the Connecticut valley. Near its lower course stood Winooski, a Western Abenaki village; the river valley had supported communities long before Europeans established settlements there.