A watershed is an area of land with natural boundaries, such as mountains or highlands, where all the surface water drains into a single body of water. In short, it acts like a funnel, capturing precipitation and surface water from a vast territory and channelling it to the lowest watercourse in the watershed.
The Cap-Acadie watershed stretches along some 70 km of coastline, from Cap-Bimet to Johnson's Point (Shemogue). Covering an area of over 320 km², the watershed includes the Aboujagane, Kinnear, Kouchibouguac and Tedish rivers, as well as several streams and other bodies of water, including lakes.
The Cap-Acadie watershed is also divided into smaller units known as subwatersheds. The main subwatersheds are as follows:
Additional information is available on the following maps.
Please note that Vision H2O collaborates with the Shediac Bay Watershed Association for a portion of the watershed that drains into Shediac Bay. The area between Cap-Bimet and Vieux Pierre Road is a shared zone where protection and restoration projects are being carried out jointly.
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