West Branch Pocwock Stream
The West Branch Pocwock Stream is a tributary of the Pocwock River flowing in:
- Quebec : in the administrative area of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in unorganized territory of Picard, Quebec. Note: In Quebec, the river is designated "ruisseau Pocwock";
- Maine : in North Maine Woods, in the Aroostook County, in townships T18 R13 Wels, T17 R14 Wels and T17 R13 Wels.
"West Branch Pocwock Stream" empties on Northeast shore of Pocwock River which flows toward Southeast, up to a river elbow of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy). The later serpentine Eastward, than South-East crossing all the province of New Brunswick and empties on North Shore of Bay of Fundy which is opened to South West to Atlantic Ocean.
The watershed of Pocwock stream is accessible by some forest roads.
Geography
The upper portion of the "Pocwock brook" begins in Notre Dame Mountains, in the unorganized territory of Picard, Quebec, in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in Quebec. This source is located:- Northwest of the border between Quebec and Maine;
- Northeast of Eastern Lake (Kamouraska);
- Northwest from the confluence of the "West Branch Pocwock Stream";
- Southeast of coast of Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec.
Higher course of the river
Lower course of the river
- to the southeast in the Maine up to a forest road, crossing through a vertical drop of ;
- to the South, through a small forest plain, up to the confluence of the river.
- Southeast of the border Canada-US;
- Northwest of the confluence of the Chimenticook River;
- downstream of the confluence of the Pocwock River.
Toponymy
The term "Pocwock" is associated to "Pocwock River", "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 "West Branch Creek Pockwock" was formalized on August 7, 1978 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.