This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Kennebecasis River" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | River in New Brunswick, Canada Kennebecasis River Kennebecasis River Location Country| Canada Province| New Brunswick Physical characteristics Source| • location| Rothesay, Quispamsis Mouth| • location | Grand Bay (St. John River) • coordinates | 45°19′0″N 66°8′0″W / 45.31667°N 66.13333°W / 45.31667; -66.13333Coordinates: 45°19′0″N 66°8′0″W / 45.31667°N 66.13333°W / 45.31667; -66.13333 • elevation | 50 m (160 ft) Length| 95 km (59 mi) Basin size| 1,346 square kilometres (134,600 ha) The Kennebecasis River (/kɛnəbəˈkeɪsɪs/ ken-ə-bə-KAY-sis) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "Kenepekachiachk", meaning "little long bay place."[citation needed] It runs for approximately 95 kilometres, draining an area in the Caledonia Highlands, an extension of the Appalachian Mountains, inland from the Bay of Fundy.[1] ## Contents * 1 Description * 1.1 Hampton Marsh * 2 Lower Kennebecasis River valley * 3 See also * 4 References * 5 External links ## Description[edit] The river's source is in the foothills of Albert County, near the rural community of Goshen. It runs southwest through the community of Penobsquis; several tributaries join the river in the town of Sussex several kilometres further west. Between Sussex and the river's junction with the Saint John River at Millidgeville (part of Saint John), the Kennebecasis River runs through a well-defined river valley which has become one of the primary land transportation routes in the southern part of the province, hosting the Route 1 expressway and the Canadian National Railway line to the Port of Saint John. The upper two thirds of the Kennebecasis River passes through pastoral rural countryside consisting of Acadian mixed forest and various agricultural areas, notably dairy farms around Sussex. Southwest of Sussex, the river becomes increasingly larger as it passes the communities of Norton and Hampton, before it empties into a delta-like area informally called the Hampton Marsh. West of Hampton, the Kennebecasis flows in a broad fjord-like glacial valley which defines the southern side of the Kingston Peninsula. At its junction with the Saint John River, the Kennebecasis River helps to form Grand Bay. Several large islands can be found in the river, such as Kennebecasis Island just off-shore from Summerville on the Kingston Peninsula, and uninhabited (with the exception of a few summer cottages & an Off The Grid Community on the southern part of the island) Long Island, located near Rothesay. ### Hampton Marsh[edit] * The river widens as it flows through the Hampton Marsh. * High water in the Hampton Marsh in April 2008. * The same area in June 2008, demonstrating the difference in water level. * The lower end of the Hampton Marsh looking across to Darlings Island. ## Lower Kennebecasis River valley[edit] The broad river valley near Quispamsis, looking at the Kingston Peninsula. The communities of Nauwigewauk, Quispamsis and Rothesay become increasingly urban as the river approaches its junction with the Saint John River. The lower Kennebecasis River valley is largely a suburban/exurban region for Saint John. The area is outside the summer 'fog belt' for the Bay of Fundy and enjoys more sunshine year-round than Saint John. It is also substantially colder in winter than the Bay of Fundy-climate-controlled city proper. "The Valley" or "KV", as the lower Kennebecasis River valley is called by locals, has experienced dramatic population growth over the past several decades, largely owing to the development of Route 1 through the area in the 1960s. Once a minor dormitory suburb of the Saint John area, the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis constitute a moderately-sized population centre with some commercial development. Saint John, by contrast, has suffered from an erosion of its tax and commercial bases as population and businesses have migrated away from the urban core. The Kennebecasis effectively isolates the Kingston Peninsula from suburban sprawl. It is crossed by two ferry services, the Gondola Point Ferry that connects Gondola Point to Reeds Point, and the Summerville to Millidgeville Ferry that connects Millidgeville to Summerville. A third ferry service, the Kennebecasis Island Ferry connects Summerville to Kennebecasis Island. Several controversial proposals have been made in recent decades to build a highway bridge over the Kennebecasis River to the Kingston Peninsula however this has been rejected by numerous provincial governments citing financial pressures as well as the likelihood of suburban sprawl occurring in this farming area as a result. The Kennebecasis River valley communities have rich histories; many were settled by Loyalists in the 1780s and 1790s who traveled upriver from Saint John to land grants offered by the British government. They became more prominent during the late 1800s following construction of the European and North American Railway through the area, which allowed for easier travel between Saint John and Moncton. Over the ensuing decades, the lower Kennebecasis River valley became a summer vacation destination for wealthy Maritimers, Americans and central Canadians. It is also a popular cruising destination for recreational boating as a result of its connection with the navigable portions of the Saint John River. ## See also[edit] * List of bodies of water of New Brunswick ## References[edit] 1. ^ Kennebecasis Watershed, Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee ## External links[edit] * Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee * v * t * e Saint John River Watershed Tributaries| | Maine| * Allagash River * Aroostook River * Baker Branch Saint John River * Blackwater River * Big Black River * Birch River * Brown River * Campbell Branch Little Black River * Chimenticook River * Daaquam River * Depot River * East Branch Pocwock Stream * Fish River * Gobeil River * Little Black River * Little Machias River * Little Madawaska River * Little River * Little Saint Roch River * Little Southwest Branch Saint John River * Machias River * Meduxnekeag River * Musquacook Stream * North Branch Birch River * North Branch Blackwater River * North Branch Meduxnekeag River * Northwest Branch Saint John River * Otter River * Pocwock River * Red River * River De Chute * Saint Francis River * Saint John River * Shields Branch * South Branch Birch River * South Branch Blackwater River * South Branch Machias River * South Branch Meduxnekeag River * Southwest Branch Saint John River * St. Croix Stream * West Branch Little Black River * West Branch Pocwock Stream | New Brunswick| * 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 Lakes| * Baker Lake * Beau Lake * Chemquasabamticook Lake * Churchill Lake * Clear Lake * Cross Lake * Eagle Lake (Allagash R.) * Eagle Lake (Fish R.) * Fish River Lake * Glazier Lake * Grand Lake * Long Lake * Mactaquac Lake * Millinocket Lake * Mud Lake * Munsungan Lake * Musquacook Lakes * Lake Pohenegamook * Portage Lake * Saint Froid Lake * Saint John Ponds * Scopan Lake * Square Lake * Umsaskis Lake Towns| * Allagash * Ashland * Blaine * Bridgewater * Caribou * Eagle Lake * Easton * Edmundston * Florenceville-Bristol * Fort Fairfield * Fort Kent * Fredericton * Frenchville * Grand Bay–Westfield * Grand Falls * Grand Isle * Hampton * Hartland * Hodgdon * Houlton * Lac-Frontière * Limestone * Littleton * Madawaska * Mapleton * Mars Hill * Masardis * Monticello * Nackawic * New Limerick * Oromocto * Perham * Perth-Andover * Pohénégamook * Portage Lake * Presque Isle * Quispamsis * Rivière-Bleue * Rothesay * Sainte Agatha * Saint-Camille-de-Lellis * Saint-Cyprien * Saint Francis * Saint John * Saint-Just-de-Bretenières * Saint-Léonard * Saint-Marcel * Saint-Pamphile * Saint-Zacharie * Stockholm * Sussex * Van Buren * Washburn * Wade * Westfield * Woodstock Landmarks| * Allagash Wilderness Waterway * Bangor and Aroostook Railroad * Clair–Fort Kent Bridge * Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge * Florenceville Bridge * Fort Kent * Hartland Bridge * North Maine Woods * Reversing Falls * Saint John Harbour Bridge * Saint John River High Level Crossing * Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge * Tinker Dam * Watson Settlement Bridge * v * t * e 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 *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template