Fish River (Maine)

Fish River
Fish River in 1940 near its confluence with the Saint John River at Fort Kent, Maine
Location of Fish River in Maine, USA.
Location of Fish River in Maine, USA.
Location of Fish River in Maine, USA.
Location of Fish River in Maine, USA.
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMaine
Mouth 
 • location
Saint John River
 • coordinates
47°15′14″N 68°35′42″W / 47.2540°N 68.5950°W / 47.2540; -68.5950
 • elevation
500 feet (150 m)
Fish River
Fish River Lake
Ferguson Brook
Hewes Brook
Portage Lake
Mosquito Brook
St Froid Lake
Pinette Brook
Maine 11.svg SR 11 Eagle Lake
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
Pennington Brook
Bear Brook
Thibadeau Brook
Eagle Lake
Square Lake
Cross Lake
Maine 161.svg SR 161 Guerette
Mud Lake
Sinclair
Long Lake
Fall Brook
Soldier Pond
Spaulding Brook
Pinette Brook
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
Perley Brook
US 1.svg US 1 Fort Kent
Saint John River

The Fish River is a 69.9-mile-long (112.5 km)[1] river in northern Maine in the United States. It is a tributary of the Saint John River, which flows to the Bay of Fundy (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) in New Brunswick, Canada.

From its start at the confluence of Fox Brook and Carr Pond Stream (46°46′37″N 68°46′52″W / 46.7769°N 68.7811°W / 46.7769; -68.7811 (Fish River source)), in Maine Township 13, Range 8, WELS, the river runs north to Fish River Lake, then east to Portage Lake. It then runs northwards through St. Froid Lake and Eagle Lake to the Saint John River at Fort Kent. The latter section is roughly parallel to Maine State Route 11.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 22, 2011