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North Pole Stream

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North Pole Stream is atributary to theLittle Southwest Miramichi River, with its headwaters in theChristmas Mountains of north-central,New Brunswick,Canada. It is an important spawning stream forAtlantic salmon, and renowned amongfly fishers.

TheMi'kmaq referred to the stream as "Kadunnatquegak" (watching salmon in a pool).

The English name seems to have originated withlumbermen, about 1840. Two theories have been suggested for its origin:^[1]^[2]

The name inspired A. F. Wightman to name the adjacent peaks afterSanta Claus' reindeer. These peaks are now referred to as theChristmas Mountains.

^Rayburn, A. (1975) Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Toponymy Study 2. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa
^Geographical Names of Canada"Geographical Names of Canada". Archived fromthe original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved2009-02-07.

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Chignecto Bay	Upper Salmon River
Passamaquoddy Bay	Magaguadavic River St. Croix River
Watershed of Saint John River	Aroostook River Becaguimec Stream Canaan River Hammond River Iroquois River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Iroquois River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Oromocto River River De Chute Saint Francis River Saint John River Salmon River Tobique River Wolastoq
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Miramichi Bay (watershed ofMiramichi River)	Barnaby River Bartholomew River Bartibog River Cains River Dungarvon River Little Southwest Miramichi River Miramichi River Napan River North Pole Stream Northwest Miramichi River Oyster River Renous River Sevogle River Southwest Miramichi River Tuadook River
Northumberland Strait	Buctouche River Gaspereau River Kouchibouguac River Kouchibouguacis River Molus River Richibucto River
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