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Caribou Mountain (Franklin County, Maine)

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Topo map
  
USGS Kibby Mountain

Prominence
  
311 m

Elevation
  
1,112 m

Parent range
  
Appalachian Mountains

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Listing
  
New England Fifty Finest #26

Location
  
Franklin County, Maine, U.S.

Similar
  
Speckled Mountain, Boundary Peak, Kibby Mountain, Blueberry Mountain, Baldpate Mountain

Caribou Mountain is a mountain on the Canada–United States border, the section of which follows the height of land of the Saint Lawrence River watershed. The peak is located about 0.5 mi (0.80 km) inside Franklin County, Maine. The southwest end of Caribou's summit ridge is in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Québec.

Map of Caribou Mountain

The northwest side of Caribou Mountain drains into the West Branch of the Moose River, thence into the South Branch of the Moose, the Moose River, and the Kennebec River, then into the Gulf of Maine. The southeast side of Caribou Mountain drains into Number Six Brook, then into the South Branch of the Moose River. The southwest end of Caribou Mountain drains into Rivière aux Araignées in Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Quebec, then into Lac aux Araignées, Lac Mégantic, the Rivière Chaudière, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

References

Caribou Mountain (Franklin County, Maine) Wikipedia