Country Canada County of New Brunswick Madawaska County | Province New Brunswick | |
Main source Baker Lake (New Brunswick)
201 m (659 ft) River mouth Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
147 m (482 ft) Tributaries Left:
(from de mouth) Sisson brook, Grand-Reed brook, North Baker River (New Brunswick), Branche à Jerry (Jerry’s Branch) |
The River Baker is a tributary of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), flowing in Madawaska County, in the northwest part of the New Brunswick, in Canada.
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Geography
The “River Baker» rises in Baker Lake (New Brunswick) (length: 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi); height: 205 metres (673 ft)). The northern part of the lake stretches 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) toward the northwest at Quebec, in the municipality of Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Quebec. This lake has a central island with a length of 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) and a maximum width of 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi), counting about fifty chalets. This lake supplies water from Kitchen Creek (from the West or from the Quebec); the mouth of the latter is located on the provincial border in the northwest part of the lake.
The mouth of the Baker Lake (New Brunswick) is located in the middle of the lake on the northeast shore. This mouth is located at:
From Lac Baker, the Baker River flows over 26.3 kilometres (16.3 mi), as follow:
The "Baker River” flows on the north shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) in Baker Brook, opposite Baker Island that belongs to an archipelago of islands in the area. In this sector, the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) is the border between Canada (New Brunswick) and the United States (Maine). From the confluence of the Baker River, the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) through the New Brunswick to the southeast to the northern shore Bay of Fundy, which s opens to the southwest in the Atlantic Ocean.
The confluence of the Baker River is located at:
Toponymy
The term "Baker" is an English original family surname.