| Saint Francis River | |
| Name Etymology: | Saint Francis Xavier |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maine#Quebec#USA |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada, United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State (US) |
| Subdivision Name2: | Maine (United States) |
| Subdivision Type3: | Providence (Canada) |
| Subdivision Name3: | Quebec (Canada) New Brunswick (Canada) |
| Subdivision Type4: | County (US) |
| Subdivision Name4: | Northwest Aroostook (Maine) St. Francis (Maine) |
| Subdivision Type5: | Region (Canada) |
| Subdivision Name5: | Bas-Saint-Laurent (Quebec) Rivière-Bleue (Quebec) Saint-François Parish (New Brunswick) |
| Source1: | Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec (Québec) |
| Mouth: | St. Francis (Maine) Saint-François Parish (New Brunswick); flowing in Saint John River |
| Basin Landmarks: | Kelly Rapids |
| Tributaries Left: | (from the mouth) Canadian Tuladi Brook, Bogasse Brook, Petite coulée Creuse, Coulée Creuse Brook, Jim Brook, Pelletier brook, Botsford Brook, Bleue River, Providence Brook, Beaupré Brook (discharge of Volcan Lake), Des Saules Brook, discharge of Morrison Lake and Yards Lake, Turner Brook, Cascades Brook, Armstrong Brook, Castonguay Brook. |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the mouth) Falls Brook, Yankeetuladi Brook, Jones Brook, Dead Brook, Wildcat Brook, Rousseau Brook, Chouinard Brook, Bouchard Brook, Boucanée River, Cèdres Brook, Black Brook. |
| Waterbodies: | Beau Lake, Glazier Lake |
The St. Francis River (French: Rivière Saint-François) is a river roughly 75miles long, which forms part of the Canada–United States border. The river rises (47.7352°N -69.2874°W) in a lake of the same name located 12miles east of the Rivière du Loup in Quebec. The portion that forms the boundary starts at the bottom of Lake Pohenegamook at the very northernmost point of New England between Estcourt Station, Maine, and Estcourt, Quebec. The river along the international boundary flows south and then south-east through two deep, narrow lakes to its mouth on the Saint John River at St. Francis, Maine/Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick.[1]
USS Bancroft (DD-256) became a Canadian ship as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement and was renamed after the St. Francis River to follow the Canadian tradition of naming destroyers after Canadian rivers while recognizing the shared national history of the ship.[2]
| Beau Lake | |
| Location: | Temiscouata Regional County Municipality (Quebec) Aroostook County, Maine |
| Type: | Lake |
| Rivers: | Saint Francis River |
| Basin Countries: | Canada United States |
| Length: | 5miles |
| Width: | 1km (01miles) |
| Max-Depth: | 180feet |
| Volume: | 138678acre.ft |
| Elevation: | 575feet |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maine#Quebec |
| Reference: | [3] [4] [5] |
Saint Francis River passes through Beau Lake on the border between Maine and Quebec. The river enters the north end of Beau Lake 15miles downstream of Lake Pohenegamook and leaves the south end of Beau Lake 13miles upstream of the Saint John River confluence.[3] Beau Lake is one of the deepest lakes in northern Maine. The lake is ideal habitat for lake trout, brook trout, and land-locked Atlantic salmon; but these species are in competition with a large population of yellow perch, and muskellunge are migrating into the lake from downstream.[5]
| Glazier Lake | |
| Location: | Madawaska County (New Brunswick) Aroostook County, Maine |
| Type: | Glacial lake |
| Rivers: | Saint Francis River |
| Basin Countries: | Canada United States |
| Length: | 5.5miles |
| Max-Depth: | 118feet |
| Volume: | 47001acre.ft |
| Elevation: | 559feet |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maine#Canada New Brunswick |
| Reference: | [6] |
Saint Francis River passes through Glazier Lake on the border between Maine and New Brunswick. The river enters the north end of Glazier Lake 3miles downstream of Beau Lake and leaves the south end of Beau Lake 4miles upstream of the Saint John River confluence. Tributaries to the lake include Yankeetuladi Brook on the Maine side, and Canadian Tuladi Brook on the New Brunswick side.[3] Glazier Lake is deep and narrow similar to Beau Lake, and offers similarly suitable habitat for lake trout, brook trout, salmon, and muskellunge.[6]