The Chiputneticook Lakes are a group of several lakes along the

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between

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

and

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

. They are

East Grand Lake East Grand Lake is located between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The boundary between the United States and Canada passes through the lake. In Maine it falls within two counties, Washington and Aroostook, and ...

, North Lake, Mud Lake,

Spednic Lake Spednic Lake (sometimes Spednik Lake or Spednick Lake) is a mesotrophic lake in the Chiputneticook Lakes chain along the Canada–United States border between the state of Maine and the province of New Brunswick that is best known for its bass ...

, and Palfrey Lake. This lake system forms the head waters of the St. Croix River which the International Boundary follows to

Passamaquoddy Bay Passamaquoddy Bay (french: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its w ...

. ''Chiputneticook'' comes from the Passamaquody Chiputneticook, "great fork river", a possible reference to the St. Croix River.

External links

Chiputneticook Lakes International Conservancy
an advocacy organization focused on these lakes

References

* * {{authority control Lake groups of the United States Lakes of Aroostook County, Maine Lakes of Washington County, Maine Lakes of New Brunswick Landforms of York County, New Brunswick Canada–United States border International lakes of North America Lakes of Maine

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