Baker Branch Saint John River

Baker Branch Saint John River
Physical characteristics
Mouth	SW Branch Saint John River 46°28′28″N 69°54′11″W
• elevation	1,100 feet (340 m)
Basin features
Progression	SW Branch – Saint John River

Canoe paddle with brook trout caught at Baker Lake on the Baker Branch Saint John River.

The Baker Branch Saint John River is a river in Maine. The Baker Stream originates in Upper First Saint John Pond (46°01′50″N 69°58′56″W) northeast of Truesdale Mountain in the northwest corner of Maine Township 4, Range 17, WELS. The stream flows sequentially through Lower First Saint John Pond, Second Saint John Pond, and Third Saint John Pond before entering T.5 R.17, WELS, to flow into Fourth Saint John Pond. The outflow of 4th St. John Pond (46°04′00″N 69°54′26″W), now the Baker Branch, flows into Fifth Saint John Pond on the boundary with T.6 R.17, WELS. In 1939, Fifth Saint John Pond was impounded in T.6 R.17 to form a diversion into the North Branch Penobscot River, but most flow follows the original channel north to Baker Lake at the confluence with Sweeney Brook in T.7 R.17, WELS. Turner Brook and Brailey Brook are tributary to the branch in T.8 R.17, WELS, before the Baker Branch's confluence with the Southwest Branch Saint John River in T.9 R.17, WELS.

See also

• List of rivers of Maine

References

• "Baker Branch Saint John River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2009-10-15. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
• Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency