Pokiok Falls

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Pokiok Falls
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Pokiok Falls
Pokiok Falls
Location Pokiok, Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates 45°58′N67°15′W / 45.967°N 67.250°W / 45.967; -67.250
Type Cascade
Total height2 meters (6.6 ft)
WatercoursePokiok Stream

Pokiok Falls is a former waterfall in Pokiok, New Brunswick where the Pokiok Stream emptied over a ledge into the Saint John River. The high water level of the Mactaquac Dam reservoir submerged the waterfall and the Pokiok Gorge in 1967. [1]

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References

  1. Guitard, Nicholas. "Waterfalls of New Brunswick" . Retrieved 2008-11-10.