The Back River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed June 30, 2011 waterway in coastal
Maine
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, USA, in the combined
estuary
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of the
Sheepscot and the
Kennebec rivers. The Back River runs from
Wiscasset on the Sheepscot to
Georgetown on the Kennebec, intersecting another channel, the
Sasanoa River
The Sasanoa River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 22, 2011 tidal channel in the Midcoast region of Maine, connecting the Kennebec River with the Sheepscot Rive ...
, at
Hockomock Bay
Hockomock Bay, located in Sagadahoc County, Maine,Sagadahoc County, Maine"Hometown Locator"Retrieved May 26, 2022. is a small brackish water bay connected to Montsweag Bay. It is located in the area of Wiscasset, and Bath, Maine. The Chewonki F ...
.
Maine State Route 144
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bridges the northern section of the Back River from Wiscasset to
Westport Island.
Maine Route 127 bridges the narrow southern part at
Arrowsic, from Arrowsic Island to Georgetown Island.
The site of the decommissioned
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant built at an 820-acre site on Bailey Peninsula of Wiscasset, Maine, in the United States. It operated from 1972 until 1996, when problems at the plant became too expensive to fix. It was ...
is on the northern section.
Approximately south of where the river begins at the Sheepscot River, another waterway called
Back River connects with the Sheepscot River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Maine
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References
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Maine Streamflow Data from the USGSMaine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency
Tributaries of the Kennebec River
Rivers of Lincoln County, Maine
Rivers of Sagadahoc County, Maine
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