Sunday River is a 14.1-mile-long (22.7 km)[1]river inOxford County,Maine in theUnited States. It is a tributary of theAndroscoggin River, which flows east and south to join theKennebec River inMerrymeeting Bay near theAtlantic Ocean.
Sunday River flows from headwaters near Mount Carlo in theMahoosuc Range.[2] The river flows east, collecting the waters of tributaries including the South Branch Sunday River, Bull Branch, Miles Notch Brook, Goose Eye Brook, Jordan Brook, Merrill Brook, Simons Brook, and others. Most of these tributaries flow southeast from the Mahoosucs. A few flow north from Bear Mountain. The Sunday River joins the Androscoggin River a few miles north of the village ofBethel.
The lower 7 miles (11 km) of Sunday River is known for canoeing. The river is rocky and swift, and contains class II-III rapids.
Near the confluence of the Sunday River and the Androscoggin River is theSunday River Ski Resort.
44°29′59.7″N70°55′0.9″W / 44.499917°N 70.916917°W /44.499917; -70.916917
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