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Eel River

45.8977° N, 67.6421° W

Eel River, New Brunswick. 45.8977° N, 67.6421° W

Protected natural area, 2.4 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/nb/eel-river/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Eel River is a 2.4 km² protected natural area 3 km east of Maxwell, in New Brunswick. It was established in 2008.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is First Eel Lake (7.13 km²).

Area
2.4 km²
Established
2008
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

8.8 °C

Wind WSW 9 km/h, gusts 28

Observed at Woodstock, as of 12:00 a.m. ADT

Tonight: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers early this evening then partly cloudy. Risk of a thundershower early this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming west 20 late this evening. Low plus 5 except zero in low lying areas.

Weather: Woodstock (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. ADT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:09 a.m.
Sunrise
7:39 a.m.
Sunset
6:55 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:25 p.m.
Moonrise
6:28 a.m.
Moonset
6:13 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1First Eel Lake7.13 km²

Official record

Designation
Protected natural area
IUCN category
Ib, Wilderness areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Forest Planning & Stewardship Branch, Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development, Government of New Brunswick

Names

  • Rivière EelFrench form