Saint Francis River (Canada–United States)

Saint Francis River
Saint Francis River from Petit-Témis
Native name Rivière Saint-François
Country Canada, United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec (Québec)
359 metres (1,178 ft)
47°40′36″N 69°21′19″W / 47.67667°N 69.35528°W / 47.67667; -69.35528
River mouth St. Francis (Maine)
Saint-François Parish (New Brunswick); flowing in Saint John River
163 metres (535 ft)
47°10′49″N 68°54′14″W / 47.18028°N 68.90389°W / 47.18028; -68.90389Coordinates: 47°10′49″N 68°54′14″W / 47.18028°N 68.90389°W / 47.18028; -68.90389
Length 102.4 kilometres (63.6 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
  • Left:
    (from the mouth) Canadian Tuladi Brook, Bogasse brook, Petite coulée Creuse, Coulée Creuse brook, Jim brook, Pelletier brook, Botsford brook, Bleue River (St Francis river), Providence brook, Beaupré brook (discharge of Volcan lake), Des Saules brook, discharge of Morrison lake and Yards lake, Turner brook, Cascades brook, Armstrong brook, Castonguay brook.
  • Right:
    (from the mouth) Falls brook, Yankeetuladi brook, Jones brook, Dead brook, Wildcat brook, Rousseau brook, Chouinard brook, Bouchard brook, Boucanée River, Cèdres brook, Black brook.

The St. Francis River (French: Rivière Saint-François) is a river roughly 75 miles (120 km) long, which forms part of the Canada–United States border. The river rises (47°44′07″N 69°17′15″W / 47.7352°N 69.2874°W / 47.7352; -69.2874 (Rivière Saint-François source)) in a lake of the same name located 12 miles (20 km) east of the Rivière du Loup in Quebec. The portion that forms the boundary starts at the bottom of Lake Pohenegamook at the very northernmost point of New England between Estcourt Station, Maine, and Estcourt, Quebec. The river along the international boundary flows south and then south-east through two deep, narrow lakes to its mouth on the Saint John River at St. Francis, Maine/Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick.[1]

USS Bancroft (DD-256) became a Canadian ship as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement and was renamed after the St. Francis River to follow the Canadian tradition of naming destroyers after Canadian rivers while recognizing the shared national history of the ship.[2]

Beau Lake

Beau Lake (French: Lac Beau)
Location Temiscouata Regional County Municipality (Quebec)
Aroostook County, Maine
Basin countries Canada
United States
Max. length 5 mi (8.0 km)[3]
Max. width 1 km (1,100 yd)[3]
Surface area 1,795 acres (726 ha)[4]
Max. depth 180 feet (55 m)[5]
Water volume 138,678 acre⋅ft (171,057,000 m3)[4]
Surface elevation 575 ft (175 m)[3]

Saint Francis River passes through Beau Lake on the border between Maine and Quebec. The river enters the north end of Beau Lake 15 miles (24 km) downstream of Lake Pohenegamook and leaves the south end of Beau Lake 13 miles (21 km) upstream of the Saint John River confluence.[3] Beau Lake is one of the deepest lakes in northern Maine. The lake is ideal habitat for lake trout, brook trout, and land-locked Atlantic salmon; but these species are in competition with a large population of yellow perch, and muskellunge are migrating into the lake from downstream.[5]

Glazier Lake

Glazier Lake (French: Lac Glazier)
Location Madawaska County (New Brunswick)
Aroostook County, Maine
Basin countries Canada
United States
Max. length 5.5 mi (8.9 km)[3]
Surface area 703 acres (284 ha)[4]
Max. depth 118 feet (36 m)[6]
Water volume 47,001 acre⋅ft (57,975,000 m3)[4]
Surface elevation 559 ft (170 m)[3]

Saint Francis River passes through Glazier Lake on the border between Maine and New Brunswick. The river enters the north end of Glazier Lake 3 miles (4.8 km) downstream of Beau Lake and leaves the south end of Beau Lake 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream of the Saint John River confluence. Tributaries to the lake include Yankeetuladi Brook on the Maine side, and Canadian Tuladi Brook on the New Brunswick side.[3] Glazier Lake is deep and narrow similar to Beau Lake, and offers similarly suitable habitat for lake trout, brook trout, salmon, and muskellunge.[6]

See also

Media related to Category: Saint Francis River (Canada-United States) at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ Bailey 1894 pp. 27–28
  2. ↑ Milner 1985 p. 23
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 66&67. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04). "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  5. 1 2 "Beau Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Glazier Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  • Bailey, J.W. (1894). The St. John River in Maine, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Cambridge: Riverside Press. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  • Milner, Marc (1985). North Atlantic Run. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-450-0.


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