The East Branch Mattawamkeag River is a tributary of the

Mattawamkeag River The Mattawamkeag River is a river in Maine. From the confluence of its East Branch and West Branch () in Haynesville, about west of the Canada–United States border, the river runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-r ...

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 ...

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. From its source () in

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(Maine

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7, Range 3, WELS), the river runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed June 22, 2011 south and southeast to its

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with the

West Branch Mattawamkeag River The West Branch Mattawamkeag River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 22, 2011 tributary of the Mattawamkeag River in Maine. From its source () in Maine Township&nb ...

in Haynesville, about west of the

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Pleasant Lake

Pleasant Lake is the largest lake in the East Branch watershed. The lake extends from the northeast corner of Island Falls into the northwest corner of Maine township 4, range 3. The western edge of the lake overflows into the East Branch downstream of Oakfield. The lake supports populations of smallmouth bass and

rainbow smelt The rainbow smelt (''Osmerus mordax'') is a North American species of fish of the family Osmeridae. Walleye, trout, and other larger fish prey on these smelt. The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton such as calanoid copepods ('' L ...

, and is stocked with

brook trout The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere ...

and land-locked

Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...

. There is an unimproved boat launch area at the western end of the lake.

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Maine Streamflow Data from the USGSMaine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency
Rivers of Aroostook County, Maine Tributaries of the Penobscot River {{Maine-river-stub

Pleasant Lake

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