Pocwock River

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Pocwock Stream
Location
Countries Canada, United States
States Quebec, Maine
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Mont-Carmel, Quebec, Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
  coordinates 47°11′25″N69°30′46″W / 47.19028°N 69.51278°W / 47.19028; -69.51278
  elevation496 metres (1,627 ft)
Mouth  
  location
Township T16 R12 WELS, Aroostook County, Maine, United States
  coordinates
47°03′58″N69°17′51″W / 47.06611°N 69.29750°W / 47.06611; -69.29750
  elevation
210 metres (690 ft)
Length36.7 kilometres (22.8 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(from the confluence) East Branch Pocwock Stream, West Branch Pocwock Stream

The Pocwock Stream is a tributary of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), flowing in:

Contents

Its course runs, especially in Maine, entirely in forested region in an isolated mountain valley, to the southeast of the Canada–US border. Its course is located between the Fox Creek (east side) and the Chimenticook River (west side). The watershed of the Pocwock river is accessible by some forest roads.

Pocwock Stream empties on north shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy). The latter serpentines eastward, then south-east, crossing all the province of New Brunswick, and empties on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy, which is open to the south-west to the Atlantic Ocean.

Geography

The upper part of the River Pocwock begins in Notre Dame Mountains, in the municipality of Mont-Carmel, Quebec, in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in Quebec. This source is located at:

From the source in the mountains, the river Pocwock flows 36.7 kilometres (22.8 mi) as follows:

The "Pocwock River" flows into a river curve on the north shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), in township T16 R12 Wels, in the Aroostook County. This confluence is located:

Toponymy

The term Pocwock is associated with West Branch Pocwock Stream and East Branch Pocwock Stream. In Québec, the spelling of the river's name uses the letter 'k' in the middle, or "Pockwock"; the spelling "Pocwock" (without the letter k in the middle) is used by the GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) in the US.

The place name "ruisseau Pockwock" (English: Pockwock brook) was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec (Quebec Geographical Names Board). [2]

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References

  1. Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted), Department of Natural Resources of Canada
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec (Quebec Geographical Names Board) – Banque de noms de lieux (Bank of place names) – Toponym: « Ruisseau Pockwock»