St. John Watershed



Allagash Falls (photo ©Jeff McEvoy) Allagash Action Alert: Support the Churcill Dam mitigation plan. Details . St. John Data: Length: 410 miles (210 in Maine) Drainage area: 21,230 square miles (7,360 in Maine) Discharge at Mouth: 25.5 billion gallons/day on average. Visit the EPA page for the upper St. John watershed. . Maine Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Warn of Danger to Allagash River Entitled "Losing Paradise: The Allagash River Under Attack," the report criticizes proposed management plans for the Allagash. Read the full report in PDF format (589K). . Rivers, Streams, and Lakes in the St. John Watershed: Allagash River Armstrong Brook Aroostook River Baker Brook Beaver Brook Big Black River Big Brook Blackwater River Blake Brook Bluffer Brook Boody Brook Brailey Brook Bull Brook Burnt Land Brook Burpee Brook Caribou Brook Caribou Stream Carry Brook Chandler Brook Chandler Stream Chase Brook Chemquasabamticook Stream Chimenticook Stream Daigle Brook Dead Brook Depot Stream Desolation Brook Factory Brook Farm Brook Farrar Brook Fish River Five Finger Brook Fivemile Brook Gardner Brook Glazier Brook Greenlaw Brook Greenlaw Stream Halfway Brook Hammond Brook Hayden Brook Hockenhull Brook Horse Brook Houlton Brook Howe Brook Knowles Brook Little Black River Little Brook Little Musquacook Stream La Pomkeag Stream Libby Brook Limestone Stream Little Black Brook Little Hudson Brook Little Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Musquacook Stream Negro Brook Petite Brook Pockwock Stream Robbins Brook Russell Brook St. Francis River Schedule Brook Smith Brook Snare Brook Soper Brook Shields Brook Thoroughfare Brook	One of the largest river basins on the East Coast, the St. John drains over 21,000 square miles of land. Its upper portions are some of the most remote stretches of river in all New England. . The French explorer Samuel de Champlain named the river after sailing into its mouth on the Nativity of St. John the Baptist day in 1604. A tributary, the Allagash, is a favorite canoeing destination. To protect this remarkable river, the state of Maine created the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a Federally-designated "Wild and Scenic River." Visit NRCM's Allagash Page, including petition to the state to improve management of the river . See the Allagash River Feature, including a report on threats to the river's future. . Read a guest editorial on the Allagash from the Bangor Daily News. Read Jeff McEvoy's first-hand account and see images of his May 2000 canoe trip down the St. John. Visit the National Park Service's Allagash page.
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