The Passagassawakeag River (/pæsəɡæsəˈwɑːkɛɡ, pəˌsɑː-/) is a 16-mile-long (26 km)[1] river in Waldo County, Maine in the United States. From the outlet of Lake Passagassawakeag (44°30′04″N 69°07′59″W) in Brooks, it runs south and east to its estuary in Belfast, Maine. The river empties into Belfast Bay, an inlet of Penobscot Bay, where it passes under US Route 1.

Passagassawakeag River
A moonlight view of the Passagassawakeag River along the tracks of the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad just beyond the old Upper Bridge a little more than a mile inland from Belfast, ME, where it empties into Belfast Bay.
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Passagassawakeag
• location	Maine
• elevation	308 feet (90 m)
Mouth
• location	Belfast Bay
• coordinates	44°25′48″N 69°00′22″W
• elevation	sea level

The waterway's name is of local Native American origin and is believed to mean "a sturgeon's place" or "a place for spearing sturgeon by torchlight."[2]

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• "Passagassawakeag River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2010-06-17.