Like many Native American names, there several spellings for the name of the river flowing through Townsend and Groton:

• Squanacook: Squanacook Food Coop, Squanacook Junction Railroad (Pepperell)
• Squanicook: Squanicook Associates Real Estate, Squanicook Colonial Quilt Guild
• Squannacook: Squannacook Early Childhood Center
• Squannicook: Squannicook Hall Hook & Ladder (old Elm Street fire station)

The simple rule for remembering our Coop’s name: 2 As & 1 N.