{{Short description|Canadian river in New Brunswick}} thumb|right|300px|North Renous River near mouth of McKendrick Brook, New Brunswick, Canada (IR Walker 1977)
The '''Renous River''' is a tributary of the Southwest Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Renous River has its origins south of Holmes Lake in the Miramichi Highlands, part of the Appalachian Mountains, in the northwest corner of Northumberland County.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Map of Renous River, New Brunswick, River - Canada Geographical Names with Maps |url=https://www.geodata.us/canada_names_maps/maps.php?featureid=DAXAN&f=40 |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=www.geodata.us}}</ref>
Renous River system consists of the two major branches, the North and the South, which merge and flow for 20 kilometers through thick jack pine forests to join the Southwest Miramichi River at the village of Quarryville in Renous.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Fly Fishing Atlantic Salmon Canada, The Miramichi River System |url=https://www.flyfishingatlanticsalmon.com/rivers.html |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=www.flyfishingatlanticsalmon.com}}</ref>
The river is classified as a wandering river, seeing as it is composed of individual anabranches that flow in single channels around semi-permanent islands.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Burge |first1=Leif M. |last2=Lapointe |first2=Michel F. |date=September 2005 |title=Understanding the temporal dynamics of the wandering Renous River, New Brunswick, Canada |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.1196 |journal=Earth Surface Processes and Landforms |language=en |volume=30 |issue=10 |pages=1227–1250 |doi=10.1002/esp.1196 |bibcode=2005ESPL...30.1227B |issn=0197-9337|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Wandering rivers, such as the Renous provide habitats for a diverse array of aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms, including salmonoids.<ref name=":2" />
Like many of the rivers in the Mirimichi River System, the Renous river is noted for Atlantic salmon fishing. The annual run of Atlantic salmon begins each June and runs through early autumn.<ref name=":1" /> Fishing is restricted to fly fishing only and all large salmon must be released.<ref>{{Cite book |last=New Brunswick |title=Fish Regulation Summary 2024-2025 |publisher=Courtesy of the Province of Nova Scotia |year=2024 |location=New Brunswick, Nova Scotia |pages=35–36}}</ref> Popular salmon flies on the Renous River include the Black Bear series, Butterfly, Silver Cosseboom, and small deer-hair Buck Bugs{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}, as well as a local fly pattern known as the Renous River Special.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miramichi River System Salmon Fly Fishing Reports |url=http://miramichiriverreports.com/ |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=miramichiriverreports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#20-2013 - Renous Special |url=https://globalflyfisher.com/streamers365/20-2013-renous-special |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=globalflyfisher.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Tributaries== * North Renous River * South Renous River * Little South Renous River * Dungarvon River
==See also== *List of rivers of New Brunswick
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Rivers of New Brunswick Category:Landforms of Northumberland County, New Brunswick
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