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The qualifications for this list of Maine lakes is that the lake is located partially or entirely in Maine, named, and has a surface area of more than 10 acres (40,000 m 2). This makes it legally a great pond unless it is dammed, smaller than 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ) prior to damming, smaller than 30 acres (120,000 m 2 ) afterwards, and entirely ...
Although the lake is only a short distance away from South Pond, Maine on a map, there is no waterway connecting the two bodies of water. An infestation of the invasive plant called variable leaf milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum), began in a cove on the northeast side of the lake in 2002. Over the years there has been a gradual recovery ...
The Fish River chain of lakes is a series of five lakes in the North Maine Woods region of northern Maine, in a tributary stream to the Fish River. [2] The lakes are an important northern Maine recreation area providing habitat for wildlife including rainbow smelt, brook trout, lake trout, and land-locked Atlantic salmon.
The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
The village of Perkins Cove is located on a peninsula, situated between the anchorage basin at the mouth of the Josias River and Oarweed Cove. The Basin, as it is known today, did not exist prior to 1880. It is a man-made inlet, created by digging out a channel between what was formerly Flat Pond and the Gulf of Maine. This provided a shelter ...
It is the fifth-largest lake system in Maine, exceeded only by Moosehead Lake at 74,890 acres (303 km 2), Sebago Lake at 28,771 acres (116 km 2), Chesuncook Lake at 23,070 acres (93 km 2), and Flagstaff Lake at 20,300 acres (82 km 2). The Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes occupy 18,300 acres (74 km 2). [2]
Ogunquit (/ oʊ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ k w ɪ t / oh-GUN-kwit) is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,577. [2] Ogunquit is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Messalonskee Lake is the deepest at 113 feet (34 m), and second largest of the Belgrade Lakes with similar cold water habitat to the south basin of Long Pond. [10] The north end of Messalonskee Lake overflows through Messalonskee Stream 10 miles (16 km) to the Kennebec River. [2]