Johns River

The Johns River is an extension of Johns Bay in Lincoln County, Maine. From Johns Island, it runs 2.5 miles north, then splits into its Eastern Branch and North Branch, which run about a mile further north.

Type: Stream
Description: river in Maine, United States of America
Also known as: “John’s River”, “Saint John River”, and “Wela steguk*”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Witch Island and Fort William Henry.

Witch Island

Islet

Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre wildlife sanctuary off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States. Witch Island received its name from Anna Chittenden.

Fort William Henry

Fort

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, founded in 1974, is an independent, non-profit oceanography research institute. The Laboratory's research ranges from microbial oceanography to the large-scale biogeochemical processes that drive ocean ecosystems and health of the entire planet. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is situated 2 miles west of Johns River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bristol and New Harbor.

South Bristol

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2020 census. A fishing and resort area, South Bristol includes the villages of Walpole and Christmas Cove, the latter on Rutherford Island.

New Harbor

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.

New Harbor is a small scenic coastal village in the town of Bristol, in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In 2019, the town of Bristol, and in turn New Harbor, was a finalist in the Reader's Digest award for "America's Nicest Place." Bristol and New Harbor were also nominated for and won the "Nicest Place in Maine Award" by Reader's Digest.

Yellow Head

Neighborhood

Yellow Head is a marine navigational coastal location, often sited in maps, within Lincoln County, in the U.S. State of Maine. It is located on Pemaquid peninsula, 1.1 m south of New Harbor, Maine and north of Pemaquid Lighthouse. Yellow Head is situated 2½ miles east of Johns River.

Johns River

Categories: river and body of water
Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.86842° or 43° 52′ 6″ north

Longitude

-69.54366° or 69° 32′ 37″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87MGVF94+9G

GeoNames ID

4968413

Wikidata ID

Q6268074

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Johns River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Johns”
Cebuano: “Johns River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Maine)”
Cebuano: “Johns River”
Irish: “Abhainn Johns”
Venetian: “Johns”
Welsh: “Afon Johns”

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Localities in the Area

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