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Seboomook Lake is a reservoir on the West Branch Penobscot River. The reservoir extends upstream from Seboomook Dam in Seboomook Township, through Plymouth Township, to the confluence of the North Branch and South Branch Penobscot River in Pittston Academy Grant .
The unorganized territory (UT) of Maine is the area of Maine that has no local, incorporated municipal government. The unorganized territory consists of 435 townships, primarily heavily forested areas of the state's north, east, and west, along with de-organized municipalities and islands.
The Southwest Branch Saint John River (French: Rivière Saint-Jean Sud-Ouest) is a 62.0-mile-long (99.8 km) [1] river in Maine and Quebec.The branch originates in "Little Saint John Lake" on the international boundary between Saint-Zacharie, Quebec and Seboomook Lake Township 5, Range
The territory consists of 17 whole townships plus six partial townships, of which four (Brassua, Soldiertown, Thorndike, and Tomhegan) are shared with Seboomook Lake and two (Johnson Mountain and Parlin Pond) are shared with Northwest Somerset. The whole townships are: [2] [3]
The South Branch Penobscot River is a river in Somerset County, Maine. Its source, Penobscot lake, the north end of which at ( 45°47′34″N 70°24′36″W / 45.7929°N 70.4099°W / 45.7929; -70.4099 ( South Branch Penobscot River source ) ) is about 1,000 feet (300 m) from the Canada–United States border in Sandy Bay ...
The river flows from Seboomook Lake in Seboomook, Somerset County.The lake's principal inflows are the North Branch and South Branch Penobscot River.From Seboomook Dam the river runs about 25 miles (40 km) east and northeast to Chesuncook Lake, thence (after flowing through Chesuncook) about 20 miles (32 km) southeast through the southwest corner of Baxter State Park to the Pemadumcook Chain ...
An early document about this lake is the Large Crown Map from the 1764 Chadwick Survey by Joseph Chadwick, a surveyor for the British. Chadwick undertook a survey of the Penobscot River. The chain of lakes appears under the name "Bennedumcook" as a large lake in the Penobscot River above Quakish Lake. [4]
The Seboomook Lake and Saint John Railroad was a forest railway built to transfer pulpwood between drainage basins in the Maine North Woods.The railroad was built slowly in preparation for anticipated pulpwood harvesting, but onset of the Great Depression caused the railroad to be dismantled when harvesting plans were delayed.