The Otter River (french: Rivière à la Loutre) is a tributary of the
Northwest Branch Saint John River
The Northwest Branch Saint John River (French: ''Décharge du Lac Frontière'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 22, 2011 river primarily in Aroostook County, Mai ...
, flowing in
Quebec (
Canada) and in
Maine (
United States). This river crosses the following administrative territories:
*
Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...
, in South of
Quebec, in
Canada, crossing through the municipalities of
Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, Quebec,
Lac-Frontière, Quebec and
Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Quebec;
*
Aroostook County
Aroostook County ( ; french: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. Its county seat is Houlton, with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent.
Kn ...
(
Maine), in
United States: Township 11 Range 17 WELS.
The "Otter River" mostly flows Southeast into forest areas, in a small valley and crosses the Canada-US border.
Geography
The "Otter Otter" rises between two mountains. This source is located at Northeast from the village of
Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, Quebec.
The "Otter River" flows over on as is:
* to the Southeast, to the road of Rang Saint-Jean-Baptiste;
* to the Southwest, collecting the waters of the Lejeune creek (from the Southwest) up to the boundary of the municipality of
Lac-Frontiere, Quebec;
* to the Southeast in the municipality of
Lac-Frontiere, Quebec, up to the Wild creek (from the Southwest);
* to the West of the
route 204
* to the South, curving on in
Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Quebec up to the "stream of Lady Proulx" ;
* to the East, up to the Canada-US border;
* to the Southeast in the
Maine, up to the confluence of the river
The "River Otter" pours on the West bank of the
Northwest Branch Saint John River
The Northwest Branch Saint John River (French: ''Décharge du Lac Frontière'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 22, 2011 river primarily in Aroostook County, Mai ...
. This confluence is located at:
* upstream of the confluence of the
Daaquam River
The Daaquam River ( French: ''Rivière Daaquam'') is a river primarily flowing in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, at South of Quebec in Canada and northern Maine, in United States.
The river runs from its source (), south of ...
;
* downstream from the mouth of the
Frontier Lake (Quebec-Maine)
The Lake Frontier is a lake located entirely in the municipality of Lac-Frontière, Quebec in regional county municipality (RCM) Montmagny in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
From 1915, the small town Sout ...
.
From the confluence of "Otter River", the
Northwest Branch Saint John River
The Northwest Branch Saint John River (French: ''Décharge du Lac Frontière'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 22, 2011 river primarily in Aroostook County, Mai ...
flows Southeast up to
Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
The Saint John River (french: Fleuve Saint-Jean; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Wolastoq'') is a long river that flows from Northern Maine into Canada, and runs south along the western side of New Brunswick, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in the ...
. It flows to the East and the Northeast, crossing the
Maine, then East and Southeast through the
New Brunswick. Finally, the current flows on the North bank of the
Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (french: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its extremely high tidal range is the hi ...
which opens to the southwest on the
Atlantic Ocean.
Toponymy
The place name "Otter River" was formalized December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...
(Quebec Places Names Board).
Quebec names Board - Place names Bank - Toponym: "Otter River"
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References
See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
* List of rivers of Maine
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Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Tributaries of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
Rivers of Maine
Aroostook County, Maine
International rivers of North America