Magaguadavic

The Magaguadavic flows south from its lake through the wooded St. Croix Highlands to Passamaquoddy Bay. Its Passamaquoddy name means “river of eels”, recalling the fish found in its waters. Near the coast the river descends through a rocky gorge and falls before reaching the tidal bay. After the American Revolution, the river figured in a dispute over the boundary named in the 1783 Treaty of Paris: American negotiators argued that the Magaguadavic was the St. Croix, while Britain maintained that the Schoodic was the intended river.