Welamooktook

Welamukotuk, the Wolastoqey name of the Oromocto River, refers to deep water or a river fit for travel by canoe. Its northern and southern branches rise among the lakes and forests before joining and flowing into the Wolastoq. The Wolastoqiyik used the river and its portages to reach other watersheds; an old route connected the Saint John with Passamaquoddy Bay. The forest also supplied cedar and birch bark for making canoes.