Big Black River (Saint John River tributary)
| Big Black River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Countries | Canada and the United States |
| Province and state | Quebec and Maine |
| Quebec and Maine administrative region | Chaudière-Appalaches and North Maine Woods |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard, Quebec, L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada |
| • coordinates | 46°52′38″N 70°10′06″W / 46.87722°N 70.16833°W |
| • elevation | 380 metres (1,250 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Township T15 R13 WELS, Aroostook County, Maine, United States |
• coordinates | 46°56′59″N 69°26′55″W / 46.94972°N 69.44861°W |
• elevation | 231 metres (758 ft) |
| Length | 77.9 km (48.4 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (from the mouth) in Maine: Twomile brook, Fivemile brook, Shields Branch, discharge of Charles Pond, St Amants Brook, Good Brook; in Quebec:rivière à la Truite (Grande rivière Noire), rivière Grand Calder, rivière Ratsoul, ruisseau de la Fromagerie, rivière Buckley, rivière Rocheuse. |
| • right | (from the mouth) in Maine: Conners brook, Depot stream; in Quebec: ruisseau Mort, Grande rivière Noire Est |
The Big Black River (French: Grande Rivière Noire) is a river crossing the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches in Quebec and in Maine. From its source (46°52′38″N 70°10′6″W / 46.87722°N 70.16833°W), in L'Islet RCM, Quebec, the river runs northeast and east across the Canada–United States border in Maine Township 14, Range 16, WELS, to the Saint John River in Northwest Aroostook T 15, R 13.
The "Big Black River" flows in:
- L'Islet Regional County Municipality: municipality of Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard, Quebec, Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, Quebec, Saint-Adalbert, Quebec, Saint-Marcel, Quebec, Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec and Saint-Pamphile, Quebec;
- Aroostook County in North Maine Woods, in Maine: from township T14 R18 WELS up to township T15 R14 WELS.
Maine's all-time lowest officially verified temperature of −50 °F (−46 °C) was recorded at a weather station along the Big Black River on January 16, 2009. The previous record was −48 °F (−44 °C), set at Van Buren, on January 19, 1925.