Medway River is a river in
Queens County, on the southwestern shore of
Nova Scotia
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, Canada. At 121 kilometres long, it is one of the major rivers of Nova Scotia and once supported a large run of
Atlantic salmon
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. Historically, it was an important corridor to the interior waters of Nova Scotia such as Ponhook and
Molega Lakes and as a log-driving river for the lumber industry.
Together with Herring Cove and related smaller inlets, the
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
of the Medway is measured at 2,012 km
2 including 166 km
2 of water.
Natural History of Nova Scotia
'', Volume 1, p. 152
See also
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List of rivers of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia's rivers all flow into the Atlantic Ocean through four unique watersheds: the Gulf of Maine, the Northumberland Strait, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and into the Atlantic Ocean itself.
Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine system includes ...
References
Rivers of Nova Scotia
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