Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) The Saint John River (; Maliseet: "Wolastoq") is a river, approximately long, located principally in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, but also in and arising from three primary sources in the province of Quebec and the U.S. state of Maine. It forms part of the Canada–United States border in two different stretches along its length. The river drains an area of approximately , of which slightly more than half is located in New Brunswick. Along that portion of the Atlantic shoreline of North America that lies between the St. Lawrence River and the
Bay of Fundy formation. This formation is where the "famous flower-pot rocks" are located on a short, one kilometre-long portion of shore along Shepody Bay. These rocks are shaped by the tides, the strength of the rocks, and the presence of the joints in the rocks. The rock in the cliffs, from which the stacks are being cut, are arkosic sandstone and coarse, poorly sorted conglomerates. The tides that are eroding the cliffs are between and high on average. The bay receives the waters of several rivers, including: "New Brunswick" "Nova Scotia" The bay's extreme tidal range causes several interesting phenomena in the