Pocwock River
The Pocwock Stream is a tributary of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), flowing in:
- Quebec in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in municipality of Mount Carmel. Note: In Quebec, the river is designated "Pocwock stream";
- Maine in the Aroostook County, in townships T17 R14 Wels, T17 R13 Wels and T16 R12 Wels.
The watershed of the Pocwock river is accessible by some forest roads.
Pocwock Stream empties on north shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy). The latter serpentines eastward, then south-east, crossing all the province of New Brunswick, and empties on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy, which is open to the south-west to the Atlantic Ocean.
Geography
The upper part of the River Pocwock begins in Notre Dame Mountains, in the municipality of Mont-Carmel, Quebec, in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in Quebec. This source is located at:- northwest of the border between Quebec and Maine;
- northeast of East Lake ;
- northwest from the confluence of the river Pocwock;
- southeast of the route 132 at La Pocatière, Quebec, in Quebec.
- to the south in Mount Carmel, to the border between Quebec and Maine;
- to the southeast in the Maine until the West Branch River Powock ;
- to the southeast, to a stream ;
- to the southeast, to the East Branch Powock River ;
- to the southeast, to the confluence of the river
- west of the Allagash hamlet, located on the south shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy);
- downstream of the confluence of the Chimenticook River;
- downstream of the confluence of the Big Black River;
- southwest of the confluence of the Little Black River (Saint John River).
Toponymy
The term Pocwock is associated with West Branch Pocwock Stream and East Branch Pocwock Stream. In Québec, the spelling of the river's name uses the letter 'k' in the middle, or "Pockwock"; the spelling "Pocwock" is used by the GNIS in the US.The place name "ruisseau Pockwock" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.