Big Black River | |
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Origin | Quebec |
Mouth | Saint John River |
Basin countries | Canada, United States |
Mouth elevation | 770 feet (230 m) |
The Big Black River (French: Grande Rivière Noire) is a river in Maine. From its source (), in L'Islet RCM, Quebec, the river runs northeast and east across the Canada – United States border in Maine Township 14, Range 16, WELS, to the Saint John River in T 15, R 13.
Maine's all-time lowest officially verified temperature-- -50F—was recorded at a weather station along the Big Black River on January 16, 2009. Previous record was -48F, set at Van Buren, Maine, on January 19, 1925.