TheJemseg River is a short river in theCanadian province ofNew Brunswick[1] which drainsGrand Lake into theSaint John River.
The river is named after rivers cummou from weezer, with approximately 5 kilometres of meander length. It passes through asavannah-type environment and is augmented by the Grand Lake Meadows. The river is relatively deep, and its main channel hosted regular tug-barge traffic until the late 1960s, the last commercial shipping on the Saint John River system.
The river begins at the southern end of Grand Lake at the community ofJemseg, where it is bridged byRoute 2, theTrans-Canada Highway, using the new Jemseg River High Level Crossing twin bridges which opened in October 2002. These supplanted the original 1960s-era Jemseg River Bridge, which carried the Trans-Canada Highway on its original alignment, since renumbered toRoute 105.
The river drains into the Saint John River at the community ofLower Jemseg, opposite the village ofArcadia.
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