Sissiboo River

The Sissiboo River is a river located in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The river flows out of a chain of lakes near the border with Annapolis County, named respectively, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Lakes. The Sissiboo River follows a winding course, draining a large area and passing through the former lumbering communities of Weymouth Falls and Weymouth Mills.

The Sissiboo becomes tidal at Weymouth and its estuary is actually called Weymouth Harbour. Trunk 1 crosses the river in Weymouth, as does the Dominion Atlantic Railway trestle. Further downstream, Highway 101 crosses near the fishing community of New Edinburgh. The river empties into St. Mary's Bay not far from New Edinburgh.

The river currently is obstructed by four dams, two of which are used to generate hydroelectricity.

The legend behind the naming of the Sissiboo River is based upon a Loyalist settler who encountered members of the Mi'kmaq Nation upriver from present-day Weymouth. The Mi'kmaq wanted to show the Loyalist six owls that were in a tree nearby and pointed in the general direction of the tree, saying in French, "six hiboux". The loyalist thought that he was pointing at the river, which was in the same direction, and was saying "Sissiboo".

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