St. Croix River (Maine–New Brunswick)
St. Croix River
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St. Croix River at Vanceboro, Maine. | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada/United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Chiputneticook Lakes |
| Mouth | |
• location | Passamaquoddy Bay |
• coordinates | 45°04′23″N 67°05′35″W / 45.073°N 67.093°W |
• elevation | sea level |
| Basin size | 1,500 square miles (3,900 km2) |
The St. Croix River (French: Fleuve Sainte-Croix; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: Skutik) is a river in northeastern North America, 71 miles (114 km) in length, that forms part of the Canada–United States border between Maine (U.S.) and New Brunswick (Canada). The river rises in the Chiputneticook Lakes and flows south and southeast, between Calais and St. Stephen. It discharges into Passamaquoddy Bay, in the Bay of Fundy.