St. Croix River, New Brunswick
Currents of History
Designated 1991

The St. Croix flows placidly and tumultuously through the rolling Appalachian Hills on a journey from the Chiputneticook Lakes to the tidewaters of Passamaquoddy Bay, where in 1604 Samuel de Champlain established the first European settlement in North America north of Florida. Native peoples, Acadian settlers, British Loyalists, logs floating to mill and shipyard, canoeists, fishermen – its waters have carried them all past unbroken forest, murmuring rapids, and shimmering lakes to the craggy shores of the estuary. Paddle and fish its sparkling waters under the watchful gaze of bald eagles and ospreys, relax in the serenity of its historic towns, feel the currents and tides of history flow.