Meduxnekeag

The Meduxnekeag is a tributary of the Saint John River. It rises among woods and ponds in Aroostook County, Maine, and flows north into New Brunswick to join the Saint John at Woodstock. Maliseet (Wolastoqiyik) families used the river and its portage routes for fishing, canoe travel and hunting. In 1689 John Gyles, a captive taken into the Saint John valley, recorded a similar name for a branch of the river during his travels.