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Moosehead Lake is the largest lake in New England, stretching north for 40 miles (64 km) from Greenville, Maine. About halfway up the lake stands Mount Kineo, which stands on a peninsula jutting west into the lake and rises 800 feet (240 m) above it. A flat neck of land extends southward from the mountain, on which the Mount Kineo Resort was ...
Flowing out of Moosehead Lake to the southwest are its east and west outlets—the Kennebec River. The Moosehead Lake Region encompasses 4,400 square miles (11,000 km 2) of North Central Maine, and includes 127 incorporated and unincorporated townships in addition to Moosehead Lake. The region is drained by 330 miles (530 km) of main stem ...
Big Moose Mountain Ski Area (previously known by the name Big Squaw Mountain Resort) is a ski area in Greenville, Maine. Opened in 1963, the ski area is located on the north side of Big Moose Mountain (formerly Big Squaw Mountain until 2000), overlooking Moosehead Lake. The resort featured two chairlifts that covered 1,700 vertical feet.
Sugar Island is a 4,208 acres (1,703 ha) island located in Maine's Moosehead Lake. [1] It is roughly four miles (6.4 km) long and two miles (3.2 km) wide at its widest and longest points. Sugar Island is Moosehead Lake's largest island. They are located in the unorganized territory of Northwest Piscataquis.
Mount Kineo is a prominent geological feature located on a 1,150-acre (470 ha) peninsula that extends from the easterly shore of Moosehead Lake in the northern forest of Maine. With 700-foot (210 m) cliffs rising straight up from the water, it is the central feature of Mount Kineo State Park , a protected area of 800 acres (320 ha) managed by ...
The Portage River is an 8.8-mile-long (14.2 km) [1] tributary of the Moose Horn River in eastern Minnesota, United States. [2] It flows west to the Moose Horn River, joining it at Moosehead Lake next to the city of Moose Lake. By the Moose Horn River, its waters flow to the Kettle River, St. Croix River, and ultimately the Mississippi River.
The Katahdin is a historic steamboat berthed on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine. Built in 1914 at the Bath Iron Works, it at first served the tourist trade on the lake before being converted to a towboat hauling lumber. It was fully restored in the 1990s by the nonprofit Moosehead Maritime Museum, and is again giving tours on the lake.
The Moose River is an 83-mile-long (134 km) [1] river in Maine. Its source ( 45°32′24″N 70°41′46″W / 45.5400°N 70.6961°W / 45.5400; -70.6961 ( Moose River source ) ) is in Beattie (Maine Township 2, Range 8, WBKP), on the Canada–United States border , which runs along the height of land between the watersheds of ...