South Branch Kedgwick River

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South Branch Kedgwick River

Coordinates: 47°54′28″N 67°54′27″W / 47.90778°N 67.90750°W

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Southern Branch of the Kedgwick River

Location
Country	Canada
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Saint-Quentin Parish, Restigouche County, New Brunswick
• coordinates	47°54′21″N 68°18′10″W / 47.90583°N 68.30278°W / 47.90583; -68.30278
• elevation	451 m (1,480 ft)

Mouth
• location	Saint-Quentin Parish, Restigouche County, New Brunswick
• coordinates	47°54′28″N 67°54′27″W / 47.90778°N 67.90750°W / 47.90778; -67.90750
• elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Length	37.5 km (23.3 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	(from the confluence) Bains Reef Gulch, Old Shanty Brook, Little Fifteen Mile Brook, Mile Gulch, Meadow Brook.
• right	(from the confluence) Ferguson Berry Gulch, Hornes Tank Gulch, Fifteen Mile Brook, Portage Brook, Indian Brook, Seve Twenty Mile Brook.

The Southern Branch of the Kedgwick River flows into the Saint-Quentin in Restigouche County at New Brunswick, in Canada.

The "South Branch Kedgwick River" is a tributary of Western bank of the Kedgwick River, which flows Southeast up to the West bank of the Restigouche River; the latest flows North up to the border of Quebec, then East up to the West bank of the Chaleur Bay. The latest opens to the East on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Geography

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The "South Branch Kedgwick River" takes its source at the mouth of a small lake (length: 0.2 kilometres (0.12 mi); height: 451 metres (1,480 ft)), located in the Northwest part of the New Brunswick.

The source of the "Southern Branch of the Kedgwick River" is located at:

1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) South of the border between Quebec and New Brunswick;
2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) Northeast of Miller Lake which is the head of water of the Rimouski River;
27.9 kilometres (17.3 mi) West of the confluence of the "Southern Branch Kedgwick River";
61.9 kilometres (38.5 mi) North of Edmundston downtown.

From its source, the "Kedgwick River" flows on 37.5 kilometres (23.3 mi)

4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) to the East in the Saint-Quentin, in New Brunswick up to a stream (from the West);
6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the Southeast, up to the mouth of "Twenty Seven Mile Brook" (from the Southwest);
8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) Eastward up to Meadow Brook (from the North);
2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the Southeast, up to Indian Brook (from the Southwest);
1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) to the Southeast, up to Eighteen Mile Gulch (from the North);
3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) eastward up to Portage Brook (from the Southwest);
1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the Northeast, in a valley between mountains, forming a wide curve towards the South up to Old Shanty Brook (from the West);
3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) North, up to Bains Reef Gulch (from Northwest);
5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) to the Northeast, to the confluence of the "Southern Branch Kedgwick River".^[1]

The "South Branch of the Kedgwick River" empties on the West bank of the Kedgwick River, in forest areas in the locality "Kedgwick Forks".

The confluence of the "Southern Branch Kedgwick River" is located at:

42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi) Northwest from the confluence of the Kedgwick River;
70.0 kilometres (43.5 mi) Northeast of Edmundston downtown;
9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) South of the border between Quebec and New Brunswick.

References

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^ Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on Internet), Ministry of Natural Resources Canada

Rivers of New Brunswick by drainage system

Bay of Fundy

Cumberland Basin	Missaguash River
Chignecto Bay	Upper Salmon River
Passamaquoddy Bay	Magaguadavic River St. Croix River
Watershed of Saint John River	Aroostook River Becaguimec Stream Canaan River Hammond River Iroquois River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Iroquois River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Oromocto River River De Chute Saint Francis River Saint John River Tobique River Wolastoq
Shepody Bay (watershed of Petitcodiac River)	Jonathan Creek Memramcook River Petitcodiac River Turtle Creek
Others	Big Salmon River Quiddy River

Gulf of
Saint Lawrence

Chaleur Bay (watershed of Restigouche River)	Belle Kedgwick River Gounamitz River Kedgwick River Little Main Restigouche River Little Southeast Upsalquitch River North Branch Gounamitz River Northwest Upsalquitch River Patapédia River Popelogan River Restigouche River South Branch Kedgwick River Southeast Upsalquitch River Upsalquitch River West Branch Gounamitz River
Miramichi Bay (watershed of Miramichi River)	Barnaby River Bartholomew River Bartibog River Cains River Dungarvon River Little Southwest Miramichi River Miramichi River Napan River North Pole Stream Northwest Miramichi River Oyster River Renous River Sevogle River Southwest Miramichi River Tuadook River
Northumberland Strait	Buctouche River Kouchibouguac River Kouchibouguacis River Molus River Richibucto River
Watershed of Saint Lawrence River	Rimouski River
Others	Black River Caraquet River Nepisiguit River Pokemouche River Rivière du Nord

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