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The Shields Branch is a tributary of the Big Black River), flowing in:
The Little Black River is a river flowing in the south of Quebec (Canada) and in the north of Maine.
The River Pocwock is a tributary of the Saint John River, flowing in:
The Depot River is a tributary of the Big Black River, flowing in the townships T12 R17 Wels, T13 R16 Wels and T14 R15 Wels, in the Aroostook County in North Maine Woods in Maine, in United States.
The Brown River is a tributary of the Depot River, flowing in Quebec, Canada, in the municipality of Saint-Adalbert, in L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, and in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, in Township T13 R16 Wels, in the North Maine Woods. Its course runs entirely through forested region in a plain in Quebec and in a valley south of the Canada-US border.
East Lake is a lake crossing the Canada-US border located in:
The West Branch Pocwock Stream is a tributary of the Pocwock River flowing in:
The East Branch Pockwock Stream is a tributary of the Pocwock River, flowing in Townships T17 R13 Wels and T16 R13 Wels, in the Aroostook County, in North Maine Woods, in Maine, the United States.
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- ↑ "Big Twenty, Township of, Aroostook County, Maine, USA". Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Turn Maine Blue:: How not to Announce a Candidacy" . Retrieved June 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Maine Department of Labor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
- 1 2 Sample, Tim; Steve Bither. Maine Curiosities . pp. 24–26.
- ↑ "Michel Jalbert: victimized to save face on both sides of the border". Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
- "Township of Big Twenty". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. April 24, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
