South Branch Dead River

The South Branch Dead River is a 26.3-mile-long (42.3 km) tributary of the Dead River in Franklin County, Maine.

South Branch Dead River
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Maine
• elevation	1,750 feet (530 m)
Mouth
• location	Flagstaff Lake
• coordinates	45°09′06″N 70°26′38″W
• elevation	1,145 feet (350 m)
Length	26 miles (42 km)
Basin features
Progression	Flagstaff Lake – Dead River – Kennebec River

From the outflow of Saddleback Lake (44°58′30″N 70°33′18″W) below Saddleback Mountain, the river runs northeast to Eustis, where its confluence with the North Branch of the Dead River was drowned by the impoundment of Flagstaff Lake in 1950.

The Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) is a 740-mile (1,190 km) marked canoeing route extending from Old Forge, New York to Fort Kent, Maine. From a four-mile portage between Rangeley on Rangeley Lake and Dallas Plantation on the South Branch, the trail runs about 35 miles (60 km) down the South Branch, Flagstaff Lake, and the Dead River, to the mouth of Spencer Stream below Grand Falls.

See also

• List of rivers of Maine

References

• "South Branch Dead River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
• Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
• Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency