The Shepards River is a 13.6 miles (21.9 km) river

River

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 in western Maine

Maine

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 and eastern New Hampshire

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 in the United States

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. It is part of the Saco River

Saco River

The Saco River is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Saco Bay, from its source. It supplies drinking water to roughly 250,000...

 drainage basin

Drainage basin

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The Shepards River rises in the town of Eaton, New Hampshire

Eaton, New Hampshire

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, among foothills of the White Mountains

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. The river flows northeast into Brownfield, Maine

Brownfield, Maine

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, passing the villages of West Brownfield, Brownfield, and East Brownfield before reaching the Saco River east of Frost Mountain.