The Little Southwest Miramichi River is a river in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. In Mi'kmaq it is referred to as "Tooadook". [1] [2]
This river has its origins at Gover Lake in the Miramichi Highlands, part of the Appalachian Mountains. The river flows between the Northwest Miramichi River, to its north, and the Renous River to its south. It joins the Northwest Miramichi River at Red Bank, whereas the Renous River joins the Southwest Miramichi River at Renous.
The Northwest Miramichi River then joins the Southwest Miramichi River at Newcastle to form the Miramichi River.
The river is noted for Atlantic Salmon fishing. Many of the upper and middle stretches of the river are whitewater, and dangerous for canoeing; the lower part of the river is much more commonly canoed.
"Lower North Branch Little Southwest Miramichi River" is the ninth longest place name in Canada. [3]
Northumberland County is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
The Miramichi River is a river located in the east-central part of New Brunswick, Canada. The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The name may have been derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi", and it is today the namesake of the Miramichi Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
The Northwest Miramichi River or Elmunokun is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. The Mi'kmaq referred to the river as Elmunokun, possibly meaning "a beaver hole" in reference to a deep pool in the river, just below the mouth of the Big Sevogle River, its second largest tributary, after the Little Southwest Miramichi.
The Southwest Miramichi River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada.
"Push and Be Damned Rapids" is the evocative name for rapids on the Southwest Miramichi River, one of the many tributaries of the Miramichi River, New Brunswick, Canada, near the village of Juniper.
The Renous River is a tributary of the Southwest Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Dungarvon River is a tributary of the Renous River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Bartholomew River is a tributary of the main Southwest Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Cains River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. It is 113 kilometres long.
Renous-Quarryville was a Canadian local service district in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, located 25 mi upstream of Miramichi, situated where the Renous River, and the Indiantown brook. discharges into the Southwest Miramichi River. It was named for the Renous river, and settlement, as well as Quarryville's quarry, hence the name "Renous-Quarryville local service district." It is now part of the incorporated rural community of Miramichi River Valley.
The Big Sevogle River is a Canadian river in central New Brunswick. It consists of two branches, the North Sevogle and South Sevogle Rivers. Below the confluence of these rivers at the Square Forks, the river is properly referred to as the Big Sevogle River. This name serves to distinguish it from the "Little Sevogle River", a much smaller tributary to the Northwest Miramichi River.
The Eel Ground Band or Eel Ground First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government of 977 people located on the Miramichi River in northern New Brunswick, Canada. The community comprises three reserves.
Atlantic Institution is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the community of Renous, New Brunswick.
Blissfield is a geographic parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Red Bank, New Brunswick is a small rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located approximately 20 km west of Miramichi, New Brunswick, at the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi River, at its confluence with the Northwest Miramichi River. The community lies on the southwest bank of the NW Miramichi and opposite its sister community Sunny Corner around the intersection of Route 420 and Route 425.
Sunny Corner, New Brunswick is a rural settlement in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located approximately 35 km west of Miramichi, New Brunswick, on the northeast bank of the Northwest Miramichi River, opposite, Red Bank. The community has an Irving gas station, a Royal Canadian Legion, a Lions Club, a police station serviced by the RCMP, a volunteer fire department, a hockey rink, and a seniors home.
Southesk is a geographic parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Derby is a geographic parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Nelson is a geographic parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Stanley is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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