Baker-Brook River (New Brunswick)

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Baker-Brook River
Pont du ruisseau Baker No 2 1.JPG
A bridge across Baker-Brook River
Baker-Brook River (New Brunswick)
Location
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
County of New Brunswick Madawaska County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Lac Baker (New Brunswick)
  coordinates 47°21′46″N69°41′01″W / 47.36278°N 69.68361°W / 47.36278; -69.68361
  elevation201 m (659 ft)
Mouth  
  location
Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
  coordinates
47°18′01″N68°30′32″W / 47.30028°N 68.50889°W / 47.30028; -68.50889
  elevation
147 m (482 ft)
Length26.3 km (16.3 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(from de mouth) Sisson brook, Grand-Reed brook, North Baker-Brook River (New Brunswick), Branche à Jerry (Jerry's Branch)

The Baker-Brook River is a tributary of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), flowing in Madawaska County, in the northwest part of the New Brunswick, in Canada.

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Geography

The Baker-Brook River rises in Lac Baker (New Brunswick) (length: 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi); height: 205 metres (673 ft)). The northern part of the lake stretches 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) toward the northwest at Quebec, in the municipality of Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Quebec. This lake has a central island with a length of 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) and a maximum width of 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi), counting about fifty chalets. This lake supplies water from Kitchen Creek (from the West or from the Quebec); the mouth of the latter is located on the provincial border in the northwest part of the lake.

The mouth of the Lac Baker (New Brunswick) is located in the middle of the lake on the northeast shore. This mouth is located at:

From Lac Baker, the Baker-Brook River flows over 26.3 kilometres (16.3 mi), as follow:

The Baker-Brook River flows on the north shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) in Baker Brook, opposite Baker Island that belongs to an archipelago of islands in the area. In this sector, the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) is the border between Canada (New Brunswick) and the United States (Maine). From the confluence of the Baker-Brook River, the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) through the New Brunswick to the southeast to the northern shore Bay of Fundy, which s opens to the southwest in the Atlantic Ocean.

The confluence of the Baker-Brook River is located at:

Toponymy

The term "Baker" is an English original family surname.

See also

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References

  1. River Segments measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted), Ministry of Natural Resources of Canada