Oromocto

The Oromocto joins the Wolastoq, or Saint John River, after its two branches meet among the wooded lakes of the interior. Its name comes from the Wolastoqey word welamukotuk, referring to deep water or a river well suited to canoe travel. For the Wolastoqiyik, the river was part of a network of waterways and portages, including an old route to Passamaquoddy Bay.

French settlers lived along the river before the expulsion of the Acadians; during the Saint John River campaign of 1758 an Acadian village at its mouth was burned. Loyalists arrived after the American Revolution, settling along the Wolastoq and its tributaries. Around 1800, large-scale timber cutting began in the Oromocto watershed, and logs from the interior were carried downriver, including great trees intended for ships' masts.