The Campbell Branch Little Black River is a short river in Quebec (Canada) and northern Maine (United States).
Campbell Branch Little Black River is a tributary of Little Black River (Saint John River) which flows East, than Southeast crossing the province of New Brunswick up to the North shore of Bay of Fundy. The latest is open to Southwest to Atlantic Ocean.
Geography
From its source (47°14′53″N 69°27′55″W / 47.2480°N 69.4653°W), in Picard (unorganized territory), in Kamouraska RCM, Quebec, the river runs about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) southeast to the Canada–United States border in Maine Township 18, Range 13, WELS.
From the Canada–United States border, the "Campbell Branch Little Black River" runs on 20.4 kilometres (12.7 mi) east, south, and around a loop to the northeast to the Little Black River. The course of the river runs:
- 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) to East, than South-East, up to a brook (from North);
- 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) to South, than East, up to the discharge of a lake (from South-West);
- 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) to Northeast up to the confluence.[1]
Campbell Branch Little Black River empties on the West shore in a bend of the Little Black River (Saint John River). This confluence is located at:
- 0.2 kilometres (0.12 mi) downstream of West Branch Little Black River (Quebec–Maine).
- 23.4 kilometres (14.5 mi) at the Northeast of the confluence of Little Black River (Saint John River).
See also
- Picard, Quebec, an unorganized territory
- Aroostook County, a county of Maine
- Kamouraska Regional County Municipality (RCM)
- West Branch Little Black River
- Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
- List of rivers of Maine
- List of rivers of Quebec
References
- ^ Segments of river measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted on Internet), Ministry of Natural Resources Canada
- "Campbell Branch Little Black River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
- Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency
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