Stewiacke River

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Stewiacke
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Stewiacke River near Eastville
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Map of the Shubenacadie / Stewiacke drainage basin
Location
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
Physical characteristics
Mouth  
 • location
Confluence of the Shubenacadie River
Basin size1,304 km2 (503 sq mi) (together with Shubenacadie River) [1]
Basin features
Progression Shubenacadie River—Cobequid Bay—Minas Basin—Bay of Fundy

The Stewiacke River is a river in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that starts at Round Lake in Pictou County and flows into the Shubenacadie River in Colchester County running through the Stewiacke Valley. [2]

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Atlantic Salmon

Historically the Stewiacke River was home to a population of the Inner Bay of Fundy (IBoF) population of Atlantic Salmon, A commercial fishery existed on the river until the mid 1980's and a popular sport fishery as well. A promotional movie was filmed in Middle Stewiacke in 1983 by Lee Wulff and Joan Wulff titled "Autumn Silver". In 1989, the salmon returns started a steep decline that led to the closure of the Stewiacke as well as all other IBoF rivers. [3] [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Natural History of Nova Scotia Archived September 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , Volume 1, p. 152
  2. ↑ Lay, T. & Nolan, White &Associates. (1979). GROUNDWATER RESOURCES SHUBENACADIE-STEWIACKE RIVER BASIN. https://www.novascotia.ca/nse/groundwater/docs/GroundwaterResourceReport_Colchester2.pdf
  3. ↑ Canada,. (2025). Information archivée dans le Web | Information Archived on the Web. Publications.gc.ca. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mpo-dfo/fs70-5/Fs70-5-2018-043-eng.pdf
  4. ↑ Canada,. (2025). Information archivée dans le Web | Information Archived on the Web. Publications.gc.ca. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/mpo-dfo/Fs76-1-D3-12-1998-eng.pdf
  5. ↑ Amiro, P. G., & McNeill, A. J. (1986). Status of juvenile Atlantic salmon stocks of the Stewiacke River in 1984 and 1985 and forecasts of recruits to fisheries in 1986 and 1987. In Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (No. 86/32). Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee. Retrieved July 9, 2025, from https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/91093.pdf

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