Gounamitz River

River in Canada

47°37′23″N 67°54′30″W / 47.62306°N 67.90833°W / 47.62306; -67.90833 • elevation249 m (817 ft) Mouth

• location

Drummond Parish, Victoria County, New Brunswick

• coordinates

47°31′26″N 67°38′29″W / 47.52389°N 67.64139°W / 47.52389; -67.64139

• elevation

142 m (466 ft)Length28.0 km (17.4 mi)Basin featuresTributaries • left(from the confluence) One Mile Brook, Bells Brook, Big Brook, Balm of Gilead Brook, Benny Brook, Dave Richards Brook, Cyr Brook, Letourneau Brook, North Branch Gounamitz River, West Branch Gounamitz River, Caribou Brook. • right(from the confluence) Dunbar Brook, Falls Brook, McLaughlin Brook.

The Gounamitz River is a tributary of the head of the Restigouche River, flowing in the Northwest of New Brunswick, in Canada.

The course of Gounamitz river crosses:

Madawaska County: Rivière-Verte, Sainte-Anne Parish
Restigouche County: Saint-Quentin Parish;
Victoria County: Drummond Parish.

Geography

The Gounamitz River rises at the confluence of the North Branch Gounamitz River and West Branch Gounamitz River. This source is located in the Rivière-Verte Parish, in Madawaska County.

This source is located at:

2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) South of the southern boundary of the Saint-Quentin Parish;
24.0 kilometres (14.9 mi) East of the confluence of Lake First;
29.9 kilometres (18.6 mi) Southwest of the confluence of the Little Main Restigouche River which is the head of the Restigouche River;
21.6 kilometres (13.4 mi) Northwest from the confluence of the Gounamitz river;
36.6 kilometres (22.7 mi) East of the southern boundary of the Quebec.

Gounamitz river flows in forest zone, more or less in parallel in the southwest side to the Kedgwick River.

From the source, "Gounamitz river" flows on 28.0 kilometres (17.4 mi), according to these segments:

4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) Eastward in the Rivière-Verte Parish, (Madawaska County) up to Cyr stream (from the West);
2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) Eastward up to Dave Richards Brook (from the West);
1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) Eastward to the edge of the Saint-Quentin (Restigouche County);
2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the East in the Saint-Quentin up to "Balm of Gilead Brooke" (from the West);
4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) to the Southeast, up to Big Brook (from the West);
1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the Southeast receiving the waters of Falls Brook (from the Southwest) to the boundary of the Sainte-Anne Parish;
4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) to the southeast, to the limit of the Drummond Parish (Victoria County, New Brunswick);
5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi). To the south east, to the confluence of the Gounamitz River ^[1]

The "Gounamitz River" pours on the Northwest shore of the Little Main Restigouche River, in the Drummond Parish, Victoria County, New Brunswick.

The confluence of the "Gounamitz River" is located at:

18.3 kilometres (11.4 mi) Southwest of the confluence of the Kedgwick River and Little Main Restigouche River;
17.4 kilometres (10.8 mi) West of the village center of Saint-Quentin;
24.7 kilometres (15.3 mi) Southwest of the village center of Kedgwick;
65.0 kilometres (40.4 mi) East of downtown of Edmundston;
93.1 kilometres (57.8 mi) Southwest of the Campbellton, New Brunswick bridge, crossing the Restigouche River.

References

^ Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted), Ministry of Natural resources Canada.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gounamitz River.

Website: Restigouche.org - Watershed Management Council of the Restigouche River Inc. - Restigouche River Watershed Management Council Inc.

Rivers of New Brunswick by drainage system

Bay of Fundy

Cumberland Basin	Missaguash River
Chignecto Bay	Upper Salmon River
Passamaquoddy Bay	Magaguadavic River St. Croix River
Watershed of Saint John River	Aroostook River Becaguimec Stream Canaan River Hammond River Iroquois River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Iroquois River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Oromocto River River De Chute Saint Francis River Saint John River Tobique River Wolastoq
Shepody Bay (watershed of Petitcodiac River)	Jonathan Creek Memramcook River Petitcodiac River Turtle Creek
Others	Big Salmon River Quiddy River

Gulf of
Saint Lawrence

Chaleur Bay (watershed of Restigouche River)	Belle Kedgwick River Gounamitz River Kedgwick River Little Main Restigouche River Little Southeast Upsalquitch River North Branch Gounamitz River Northwest Upsalquitch River Patapédia River Popelogan River Restigouche River South Branch Kedgwick River Southeast Upsalquitch River Upsalquitch River West Branch Gounamitz River
Miramichi Bay (watershed of Miramichi River)	Barnaby River Bartholomew River Bartibog River Cains River Dungarvon River Little Southwest Miramichi River Miramichi River Napan River North Pole Stream Northwest Miramichi River Oyster River Renous River Sevogle River Southwest Miramichi River Tuadook River
Northumberland Strait	Buctouche River Kouchibouguac River Kouchibouguacis River Molus River Richibucto River
Watershed of Saint Lawrence River	Rimouski River
Others	Black River Caraquet River Nepisiguit River Pokemouche River Rivière du Nord