Great Works River Fishing Spot

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The Great Works River is about 27 miles (43 kilometres) long in southwestern Maine in the United States. It rises in central York County, flows generally south past North Berwick to meet the tidal part of the Salmon Falls River at South Berwick. The Great Works River forms most of North Berwick’s eastern border with Sanford. It flows past numerous homes along Morrills Mill Road and gathers water from a small stream before passing through a narrow bridge on Fox Farm Hill Road. The river meanders past a gravel pit and enters a large marsh area bisected by a power line right of way. It then begins to widen as it flows into Bauneg Beg Pond, a 180 acre body of water that lies across the North Berwick and Wells border. The shoreline of the pond is moderately built up with homes a few small roads right at the waters edge. At its outlet from the pond the Great Works River passes a small dam on Morrills Mill Road and continues south as several small streams and marshes add to its waters. The river forms a short stretch of rapids as it narrows and passes under a bridge on Boyle Road. It flows through mostly undeveloped terrain for three miles before encountering another dam on Staples Drive. Here the river forms a reservoir bordered by a large condominium complex with lawns right down to the shoreline. Passing the dam, the Great Works River twists and turns around a large farm on High Street and is then joined by West Brook at near the Pratt and Whitney facility. The river meets a large dam in the center of town and is joined by the Neoutaquet River a quarter mile downstream from the Wells Street bridge. As it leaves the highly developed town center the river begins to twist and turn again, flowing past the wastewater treatment lagoons on Eastern Avenue and passing into South Berwick.

The Great Works River is about 27 miles (43 kilometres) long in southwestern Maine in the United States. It rises in central York County, flows generally south past North Berwick to meet the tidal part of the Salmon Falls River at South Berwick.