Magaguadavic River

Magaguadavic River
Magaguadavic River gorge in St. George

The Magaguadavic River is a historic Canadian river located in the province of New Brunswick.

The name "Magaguadavic" is a Maliseet / Passamaquoddy term that is believed to translate into "River of Eels". It is most commonly pronounced "mack-uh-day-vick" or "mack-uh-day-vee".

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Description

With a meander length of 129 km (80 mi), the Magaguadavic River is the sixth longest river in the province. It rises as an outlet of Magaguadavic Lake in York County, flowing south through a low coastal mountain range called the St. Croix Highlands before emptying into Passamaquoddy Bay, a sub-basin of the Bay of Fundy.

The river has 103 named tributaries and 55 lakes draining a watershed measuring 1,812 km2 (700 sq mi).

One of the tributaries drains Lake Utopia into the river and is formally named "The Canal". Occasionally if water levels in the river are high enough, the Magaguadavic will drain into Lake Utopia through The Canal first, before eventually reversing course to drain back through The Canal and discharging into Passamaquoddy Bay.

Communities

The river passes through the following communities from north to south:

York County
  • Thomaston Corner
  • Upper Brockway
  • Brockway
Charlotte County
  • Flume Ridge
  • Pomeroy
  • Pomeroy Ridge
  • Piskahegan
  • Lee Settlement
  • Second Falls
  • Bonny River
  • St. George
  • Caithness *
  • Mascarene *

* denotes estuary portion

Crossings

There are several bridges and one dam crossing the Magaguadavic River, from north to south:

  • An unnamed highway bridge carrying Route 3 across the river at Thomaston Corner.
  • An unnamed highway bridge carrying Tweedside Rd across the river at Brockway.
  • "Magaguadavic River No. 7" is the name for a 63 ft (19 m) covered bridge carrying Mill Rd across the river at Flume Ridge. It was built in 1905 and is a Burr Truss design.
  • An unnamed highway bridge carrying Piskahegan Rd across the river at Piskahegan.
  • An unnamed highway bridge carrying Red Rock Rd across the river at Second Falls.
  • An unnamed highway bridge carrying Route 770 across the river at Canal.
  • A dismantled unnamed railway bridge that once carried the Grand Southern Railway and was later operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway before being abandoned in 1988.
  • Two unnamed highway bridges carrying the westbound and eastbound lanes of the Route 1 expressway across the river at St. George.
  • An unnamed highway bridge carrying Brunswick St across the river at St. George.
  • The St. George Hydroelectric Station, owned by Saint George Pulp and Power which is a subsidiary of J.D. Irving Limited, has a dam across the river at St. George immediately upstream of a steep gorge that the river plunges into to sea level.
  • An unnamed highway bridge carrying South St across the river at St. George.

It should also be noted that The Canal is crossed by a single bridge:

  • "Canal Bridge" is the name for a 127 ft (39 m) covered bridge carrying Canal Rd across The Canal at Canal. It was built in 1917 and is a Howe Truss design.

Further reading

  • C. L. Craig, The Young Emigrants: Craigs of the Magaguadavie: a story of the 84th Regiment, Royal Highland Emigrants, Craig family history and the settlement of the Magaguadavic River area of New Brunswick, self-published?, 1985.

See also

  • List of rivers of New Brunswick

External links

References



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