Location: Northeast New Brunswick, Canada

Eco Regions: Highlands, Northern Uplands, Central Uplands, Valley Lowlands and Eastern Lowlands

Lenght of River: Southwest Miramichi River is 250 km, stretching from Miramichi Bay to Boiestown, NB and Northwest Miramichi River is 122 km, when combined with the estuarine portion totals a length of 440 km.

Size of Watershed: 13,465 sq km, 23% of New Brunswick's land mass, where 300 sq km is estuary and the remainder is freshwater

Depth of River: Inner channel averages 4 m in depth where the navigation channel averages 6-10 m

Tides: Estuary tides range from 0.2 - 1.2 m

Population: approximately 57,000 people in the watershed, including 2,000 Aboriginals from 3 major First Nations Communities (2006 Census data)

Geology: Silurian and Ordovician rocks of the Miramichi Highlands, Carboniferous near the estuary shoreline and Sandstone found throughout the watershed

American Eel

Protected Natural Areas (PNA):

• Bay Du Vin Island (PNA Class 2)
• Big Rocky Brook (PNA Class 2)
• Black River (PNA Class 2)
• Cains River (PNA Class 2)
• Dungarvon Whooper Spring Woodlot (PNA Class 2)
• Goodfellow Brook (PNA Class 2)
• Gover Mountain (PNA Class 2)
• Kennedy Lakes (PNA Class 2)
• Shinnickburn (PNA Class 2)
• Portage Island National Wildlife Sanctuary

Wood Turtle

Species At Risk (SAR):

• Piping Plover (Endangered)
• Striped Bass (Threatened)
• American Eel (Special Concern)
• Wood Turtle (Threatened in NS)
• Brook Floater (Special Concern)
• Prototype Quillwort (Special Concern)

Common Fish: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Sea Lamprey, American Eel, Alewife, Buleback Herring, American Shad, Rainbow Smelt, Atlantic Tomcod, Striped Bass, Dace, Chubs Sticklebacks, Flounder (Sand, Smooth and Yellowtail), and Capelin

Crustacean/Shellfish: Lobster, Oysters, Mussels, Quahogs and Soft-shelled Clams

Wildlife: Black Bear, Moose, White-tailed Deer, Bobcat, Coyote, Fisher, Beaver, Muskrat, Weasel, Rabbit, Racoon, Skunk, Squirrel, Mink and River Otter

Resource Utilization: Mining, Forestry, Agriculture, Fisheries, Peat Extraction, Ecotourism, Recreation and Tourism

Kennedy Lakes

Data complied from New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, New Brunswick Department of Environment, Statistics Canada, Environment Canada, COSEWIC and MREAC.