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 the English villages along the shores of the Bay of Fundy, such as the Raid on St. John (1775), the Battle off Cape Split and the Raid on Annapolis Royal (1781). After the War, the boundary between the United States and the newly created province of New Brunswick remained uncertain, resulting in a thriving smuggling trade in the region, especially on the waters of Passamaquoddy Bay. The War of 1812 resulted in actions on the Bay of Fundy, mostly in the form of privateering and small patrol ships. After the War of 1812, the smuggling resumed and culminated in the