Richibucto River
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River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in eastern New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
which empties into the Northumberland Strait
Northumberland Strait
The Northumberland Strait is a strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern Canada...
north of Richibucto, New Brunswick
Richibucto, New Brunswick
Richibucto is a Canadian town in Kent County, New Brunswick.The town is situated on the Richibucto River where it discharges into the Northumberland Strait. The town takes its name from a Mi'kmaq term meaning "river of fire"....
. It is 80 kilometres long.
The river's name means "river of fire" in the Mi'kmaq language
Mi'kmaq language
The Mi'kmaq language is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 9,100 Mi'kmaq in Canada and the United States out of a total ethnic Mi'kmaq population of roughly 20,000. The word Mi'kmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' ; the adjectival form is Míkmaw...
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Besides Richibucto, the village of Rexton
Rexton, New Brunswick
Rexton is a Canadian village in Kent County, New Brunswick.Situated on the Richibucto River, the village was originally inhabited by Mi'kmaqs, many of whose descendants still reside in the nearby Elsipogtog First Nation, formerly referred to as the Big Cove Band...
and Elsipogtog First Nation
Elsipogtog First Nation
The Elsipogtog First Nation , formerly called the Big Cove Band, is a Mi'kmaq First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada, with a population of about 3090. The First Nation's territory comprises Richibucto Reserve #15, lying 9 km west of Rexton, New Brunswick.Elsipogtog or L'sipuktuk means River of...
are situated on the river. Andrew Bonar Law, the British Prime Minister, was raised along the river.
Tributaries
- Bass River, Weldford Parish, New BrunswickWeldford Parish, New BrunswickWeldford is a local service district found in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada that was established in 1835 with a local Agricultural Association and named for John W. Weldon and John P...
- Coal Branch, Weldford Parish, New Brunswick
- Molus River, Weldford Parish, New Brunswick
- St. Nicholas River, See West Branch, Weldford Parish, New Brunswick
- St. Charles River