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Sebago Lake is an unincorporated village in the town of Standish, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The community is located on the south shore of its eponymous lake at the junction of Maine State Route 35 and Maine State Route 114 .
The lake's watershed is more than 50 miles (80 km) long and covers parts of 24 Maine towns. [ 10 ] The direct watershed is about 171 square miles (443 km 2 ) of land plus the 45 square miles (117 km 2 ) of the lake, and the indirect watershed about 190 square miles (490 km 2 ) of land plus about 28 square miles (73 km 2 ) of other bodies of water.
Sebago is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,911 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is part of the Portland – South Portland – Biddeford , Maine metropolitan statistical area .
The Cumberland and Oxford Canal extended waterborne commerce from Portland harbor to Sebago Lake and Long Lake in 1832. Portland became the primary ice-free winter seaport for Canadian exports upon completion of the Grand Trunk Railway to Montreal in 1853. The city's major passenger rail terminal, Union Station, was opened in 1888.
Frye Island is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide (at the widest point) and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.60 square miles (4.14 km 2), of which 1.34 square miles (3.47 km 2) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km 2) is water. [2] Frye Island is situated in Sebago Lake.
The eastern portion of Standish is part of the Presumpscot River watershed. Watchic Lake is located within the town. The town is crossed by state routes 11, 25, 25A, 35, 35A, 114, and 237. It is bordered by the towns of Windham and Gorham to the southeast, Buxton and Hollis to the south, Limington to the west, and Baldwin and Sebago to the ...
Baldwin is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,520 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is part of the Portland – South Portland – Biddeford , Maine, metropolitan statistical area .
Songo Lock is the last surviving lock of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal, a 19th-century canal in southern Maine, United States. The lock is located on the Songo River, just above its confluence with the Crooked River at the northern end of Sebago Lake State Park in the town of Naples. The lock, built in 1830, is now used primarily during the ...