West Branch Pleasant River (Piscataquis River)

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For other streams in Maine named West Branch Pleasant River, see West Branch Pleasant River (disambiguation).
West Branch Pleasant River
Origin Maine
Mouth Pleasant River
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Progression Pleasant River
– Piscataquis River
– Penobscot River
Basin countries United States
Source elevation 1,460 feet (450 m)
Mouth elevation 350 feet (110 m)

The West Branch Pleasant River is a 36.1-mile-long (58.1 km)[1] tributary of the Piscataquis River in Piscataquis County, Maine. From a location north of Fourth West Branch Pond (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) in Shawtown (Township A, Range 12, WELS), the river runs about 18 miles (29 km) counterclockwise around the White Cap Mountain massif, then about 18 miles (29 km) southeast to its confluence with the East Branch of the Pleasant River in Brownville.

The Appalachian Trail crosses the West Branch (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) at The Hermitage Preserve in Bowdoin College Grant East (T.7 R.10 NWP). The Hermitage contains a roughly 35-acre (14 ha) grove — one of the few stands of old-growth Eastern White Pine remaining in New England. Just upstream from The Hermitage is Gulf Hagas (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.), a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) water-formed canyon. The river falls 500 feet (150 m) in the canyon, including multiple waterfalls. Gulf Hagas and The Hermitage are among the 14 National Natural Landmarks in Maine, designated in 1968 and 1977 respectively.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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