Saint John River

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international river river

The Saint John River is a major waterway in northeastern North America that flows through Maine and New Brunswick before emptying into the Bay of Fundy.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Saint John River canonical	72
Saint John River Valley	3
Saint John River basin	2
Saint John River estuary	2
Saint John River valley	2
Saint John River watershed	2
St. John River	2
Saint John River (New Brunswick)	1
Saint John River and Madawaska River	1
Saint John River at Fredericton	1
Saint John River in Fredericton	1
Saint John River system	1
Wolastoq (Saint John River) valley	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T293019 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint John River
Context triple: [Fort Kent, Maine, locatedOnRiver, Saint John River]

A. Labrador River
The Labrador River is a major waterway in the Labrador region of eastern Canada, contributing significantly to the area's drainage system and natural landscape.
B. Saint John
Saint John is a small, largely undeveloped Caribbean island known for its pristine beaches and extensive national parkland within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
C. Ottawa River
The Ottawa River is a major waterway in eastern Canada that forms much of the border between Ontario and Quebec and is a key tributary of the Saint Lawrence River.
D. Rideau River
The Rideau River is a major waterway in Eastern Ontario, Canada, flowing through the city of Ottawa and forming part of the historic Rideau Canal system.
E. Grande River
The Grande River is a watercourse in Chile’s Limarí Province that contributes to the region’s agricultural irrigation and local watershed.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint John River
Target entity description: The Saint John River is a major waterway in northeastern North America that flows through Maine and New Brunswick before emptying into the Bay of Fundy.

A. Labrador River
The Labrador River is a major waterway in the Labrador region of eastern Canada, contributing significantly to the area's drainage system and natural landscape.
B. Saint John
Saint John is a small, largely undeveloped Caribbean island known for its pristine beaches and extensive national parkland within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
C. Ottawa River
The Ottawa River is a major waterway in eastern Canada that forms much of the border between Ontario and Quebec and is a key tributary of the Saint Lawrence River.
D. Rideau River
The Rideau River is a major waterway in Eastern Ontario, Canada, flowing through the city of Ottawa and forming part of the historic Rideau Canal system.
E. Grande River
The Grande River is a watercourse in Chile’s Limarí Province that contributes to the region’s agricultural irrigation and local watershed.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international river ⓘ river ⓘ
associatedPeople	Maliseet ⓘ surface form: Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)
borderFormsWith	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
borderSectionBetween	Maine ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dischargesInto	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
drainageBasin	Maine ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
emptiesInto	Bay of Fundy ⓘ
flowsThrough	Maine ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ
hasCityOnBank	Fredericton ⓘ Saint John, New Brunswick ⓘ
hasEstuary	Saint John Harbour ⓘ
hasFeature	Reversing Falls ⓘ
hasMouthIn	New Brunswick ⓘ
hasNameInFrench	Fleuve Saint-Jean ⓘ
hasNameInMi'kmaq	Wolastoq ⓘ
hasTownOnBank	Edmundston ⓘ Grand Falls, New Brunswick ⓘ Woodstock, New Brunswick ⓘ
historicalUse	log driving ⓘ transportation route for European settlers ⓘ transportation route for Indigenous peoples ⓘ
locatedIn	northeastern North America ⓘ
majorTributary	Allagash River ⓘ Aroostook River ⓘ Petitcodiac River ⓘ surface form: Kennebecasis River Madawaska River ⓘ Nashwaak River ⓘ Tobique River ⓘ
mouth	Bay of Fundy ⓘ
partOf	Bay of Fundy ⓘ surface form: Bay of Fundy watershed
passesNear	Edmundston ⓘ
passesThrough	Fredericton ⓘ Saint John, New Brunswick ⓘ
region	Maritime Provinces ⓘ New England ⓘ
sourceLocation	Maine ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (91)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Kent, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Fort Kent, Maine → crossBorderRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Fort Kent, Maine → adjacentTo → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint John River Valley

Aroostook County, Maine → hasRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Gulf of Maine → inflow → Saint John River ⓘ

Clair, New Brunswick → locatedOnRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Clair, New Brunswick → separatedFromBy → Saint John River ⓘ

Clair, New Brunswick → locatedInValley → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint John River Valley

Clair, New Brunswick → adjacentTo → Saint John River ⓘ

Clair, New Brunswick → borderRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

New Brunswick, Canada → hasMajorRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

subject surface form: New Brunswick

St. John Valley → hasRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Fredericton → locatedOnRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language → region → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wolastoq (Saint John River) valley

Northern Maine → hasRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. John River

Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing → crosses → Saint John River ⓘ

Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing → hasRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Madawaska–Edmundston Border Crossing → crosses → Saint John River ⓘ

Madawaska–Edmundston Border Crossing → riverCrossing → Saint John River ⓘ

Madawaska–Edmundston Border Crossing → river → Saint John River ⓘ

Van Buren–Saint-Léonard Border Crossing → crosses → Saint John River ⓘ

Van Buren–Saint-Léonard Border Crossing → locatedOnRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Fish River (Maine) → mouthOfWatercourse → Saint John River ⓘ

Fish River (Maine) → tributaryOf → Saint John River ⓘ

Saint John → locatedOnRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

New Brunswick → containsRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Aroostook River → partOf → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint John River basin

Aroostook River → tributaryOf → Saint John River ⓘ

Aroostook River → mouthLocation → Saint John River ⓘ

Aroostook River → locatedInWatershed → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint John River watershed

Allagash River → mouthOfWaterBody → Saint John River ⓘ

Madawaska County, New Brunswick → borders → Saint John River ⓘ

Madawaska County, New Brunswick → locatedOn → Saint John River ⓘ

Edmundston → locatedOn → Saint John River ⓘ

Edmundston → riverConfluence → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint John River and Madawaska River

Madawaska, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Van Buren, Maine → locatedOn → Saint John River ⓘ

Van Buren, Maine → adjacentWaterBody → Saint John River ⓘ

Van Buren, Maine → locatedIn → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint John River Valley

Maliseet → primaryRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Allagash, Maine → border → Saint John River ⓘ

Grand Bassa County → hasRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. John River

Frenchville, Maine → locatedOn → Saint John River ⓘ

Frenchville, Maine → borderRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Maliseet people → traditionalTerritory → Saint John River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint John River valley

Maliseet people → notableRiver → Saint John River ⓘ

Saint John, New Brunswick → locatedOn → Saint John River ⓘ

Saint John, New Brunswick → namedAfter → Saint John River ⓘ

Beaverbrook Art Gallery → locatedBeside → Saint John River ⓘ

Fredericton Riverfront Trail → follows → Saint John River ⓘ

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