LZT1005666: Mount Ascutney, Connecticut Valley, USA. The Name "Ascutney" Comes from the Abenaki Word Ascutegnik, which Was the Name of a Settlement Near Where the Sugar River Meets the Connecticut River. The Abenaki Name for the Mountain is Cas-Cad-Nac, which Means "Mountain of the Rocky Summit. USA, Woodward, John Douglas (1846-1924) / Bridgeman Images