West Branch Little Black River (Quebec–Maine)

For homonymy, see Black River and Little Black River. River in Canada, United States

West Branch Little Black River French: "Branche Ouest de la Petite rivière Noire" and named "Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (Clearwater brook) in Quebec

Location
Countries	Canada United States
Province	Quebec
State	Maine
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Saint-Athanase, Quebec, MRC de Témiscouata, Quebec, Canada, confluence of « Branche Ouest du Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire » (West Branch of Clearwater brook) and « Petit ruisseau à l'Eau Claire » (Little Clearwater brook) in Quebec
• coordinates	47°20′25″N 69°26′32″W / 47.34028°N 69.44222°W / 47.34028; -69.44222
• elevation	318 metres (1,043 ft)

Mouth
• location	zone T18 R13 Wels, Aroostook County, North Maine Woods region, Maine
• coordinates	47°15′54″N 69°21′03″W / 47.26500°N 69.35083°W / 47.26500; -69.35083
• elevation	242 metres (794 ft)
Length	14.0 kilometres (8.7 mi)

Discharge
• location	Little Black River (Saint John River)

Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Morrison brook

The West Branch Little Black River (French: Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire) is a short river in Quebec and northern Maine.

Geography

The river runs east and southeast, roughly along the border between Témiscouata and Kamouraska RCM, to the Canada–United States border in Maine Township 19, Range 12, WELS.

The upper part of the "West Branch Little Black River" begins in Notre Dame Mountains at the confluence of the "Branche Ouest du Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (West Branch Clearwater Brook) and "Petit ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (Little Clearwater brook), in the municipality of Saint-Athanase, Quebec, in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality (RCM), in Bas-Saint-Laurent administrative region, in Quebec.

This confluence of these two streams is located at:

0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) at North-East of the limit of the RCM Kamouraska Regional County Municipality (unorganized territory of Picard;
5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) at Northwest of the border between Quebec and Maine;
11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) at Northeast of the confluence of the "West Branch Little Black River".

Course of Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire (Clearwater brook) (segment of 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) flowing in Quebec)

The segment of this river in Canadian territory is named "Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (Clearwater brook) and runs as follows:

1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) Southward to the boundary of the unorganized territory of Picard;
3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) to the Southeast in the unorganized territory of Picard, to a stream (from the southwest);
1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) to the Southeast, to the boundary of the municipality of Saint-Athanase, Quebec;
1.0 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the Southeast in Saint-Athanase, Quebec to the limit of the unorganized territory of Picard;
0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) to the Southeast in the unorganized territory of Picard, to the border between Quebec and Maine.

Course of West Branch Little Black River(segment of 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) from the Maine)

From the border between Quebec and Maine, the "West Branch Little Black River" flows as follows:

2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) (or 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) in a straight line) to the Southeast, winding up to Morrison Creek (from the West) which course begins in the unorganized territory of Picard, in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality (RCM), in Quebec;
3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) to the Southeast, up to the confluence of the river.

The "Branch West Little Black River" flows into a river bend on the West bank of the Little Black River (Saint John River) which flows Southeast up to the North shore of Saint John River.

Toponymy

The toponym "Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (English: Clearwater brook) was officialized on December 5, 1968, at Commission de toponymie du Québec (Québec Names Place Board).

The toponym "West Branch Little Black River" was officialized on September 30, 1980, at Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) of United States.

References

Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted on Internet), Department of Resources Natural Canada
Commission de toponymie du Québec - Banque de noms de lieux (Bank of Place Names) - Toponym: "ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (Clearwater brook)
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - Toponym: "West Branch Little Black River (Quebec-Maine)"

"West Branch Little Black River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency

External links

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Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries

Maine

New Brunswick

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Towns

Landmarks

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Bay of Fundy

Passamaquoddy Bay

Saint John River Watershed

Casco Bay

Fore River Watershed	Fore River Long Creek Stroudwater River South Branch Stroudwater River
Presumpscot River Watershed	Bear River Chute River Crooked River East Branch Piscataqua River Little River Muddy River North Branch Little River Northwest River Piscataqua River Pleasant River Presumpscot River Songo River Sticky River Tenny River
Others	Cousins River Harraseeket River Little River New Meadows River Royal River

Gulf of Maine

Blue Hill Bay (Union River Watershed)	Bog River East Branch Union River Little Bog River Middle Branch Union River Union River West Branch Union River
Chandler Bay	Sandy River
Dennys Bay	Dennys River Hardscrabble River Orange River
Englishman Bay	Chandler River East Branch Chandler River Englishman River
Frenchman Bay	Jordan Stream Skillings River
Harrington Bay	Harrington River Mill River
Little River Watershed	Little River (Drakes Island) Merriland River
Machias Bay (Machias River Watershed)	Crooked River East Machias River Machias River Maine River Middle River West Branch Machias River
Mousam River Watershed	Littlefield River Middle Branch Mousam River Mousam River
Narraguagus Bay (Narraguagus River Watershed)	Little Narraguagus River Narraguagus River Spring River West Branch Narraguagus River (Cherryfield) West Branch Narraguagus River (Hancock County)
Pleasant Bay (Pleasant River Watershed)	Little River Pleasant River West Branch Pleasant River Western Little River
Piscataqua River Watershed	Great Works River Little River Neoutaquet River Piscataqua River Salmon Falls River
Sheepscot River Watershed	Back River Cross River Dyer River Marsh River Sasanoa River Sheepscot River West Branch Sheepscot River
Wohoa Bay	Indian River Southwest Branch Indian River West River
Others	Batson River Benjamin River Cape Neddick River Damariscotta River Johns River Jordan River Josias River Kennebunk River Little River (Boothbay) Little River (Georgetown) Little River (Goosefare Bay) Little River (York) Morse River Ogunquit River Pemaquid River Sprague River Webhannet River York River

Merrymeeting Bay

Androscoggin River Watershed

Kennebec River Watershed

Muscongus Bay

Saint George River Watershed	Back River Dead River East Branch Oyster River Mill River Oyster River Saint George River West Branch Oyster River
Others	Back River (Medomak) Back River (Meduncook) Goose River Medomak River Meduncook River

Penobscot Bay

Penobscot River Watershed

Others

Saco Bay

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Others	Dunstan River Libby River Nonesuch River Scarborough River Spurwink River

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