North Pole Stream

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North Pole Stream is a tributary to the Little Southwest Miramichi River, with its headwaters in the Christmas Mountains of north-central, New Brunswick, Canada. It is an important spawning stream for Atlantic salmon, and renowned among fly fishers.

The Mi'kmaq referred to the stream as "Kadunnatquegak" (watching salmon in a pool).

The English name seems to have originated with lumbermen, about 1840. Two theories have been suggested for its origin:Rayburn, A. (1975) Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Toponymy Study 2. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, OttawaGeographical Names of Canada {{cite web |url=http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php |title=Geographical Names of Canada |accessdate=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207222912/http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php |archivedate=2009-02-07 }}

• the most northerly point they had lumbered
• very cold conditions

The name inspired A. F. Wightman to name the adjacent peaks after Santa Claus' reindeer. These peaks are now referred to as the Christmas Mountains.