Kennebecasis River

Kennebecasis River
Kennebecasis River
Country	Canada
Basin features
River mouth	Grand Bay (Saint John River) 50 m (160 ft)
Basin size	1,346 square kilometres (134,600 ha)
Physical characteristics
Length	95 km (59 mi)

The Kennebecasis River (/kɛnᵻbəˈkeɪsᵻs/ ken-ə-bə-KAY-sis) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "Kenepekachiachk", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately 95 kilometres, draining an area in the Caledonia Highlands, an extension of the Appalachian Mountains, inland from the Bay of Fundy.

The river's source is in the foothills of Albert County, near the rural community of Goshen. It runs southwest through the community of Penobsquis; several tributaries join the river in the town of Sussex several kilometres further west.

Between Sussex and the river's junction with the Saint John River at Millidgeville (part of Saint John), the Kennebecasis River runs through a well-defined river valley which has become one of the primary land transportation routes in the southern part of the province, hosting the Route 1 expressway and the Canadian National Railway line to the Port of Saint John.