Big Moose Township

      With a long expanse on the southwest shore of Moosehead Lake, the Township stretches from the East Outlet of the Lake, the source of the Kennebec River, to the outskirts of Greenville on the combined Route 6 and 15. The Kennebec in the north moves through the long stretch of Indian Pond,…

Bowtown Township

Pierce Pond in

Pierce Pond in Autumn (2007)   Bowtown Township is bound by the Kennebec River on the east for six miles, across the river from The Forks, and by the Dead River on the north. Dead River Mountain and Otter Pond Mountain reside within the township. Known as T1 R4 BKP WKR township, it was organized…

Chase Stream Township

Two miles north of West Forks on U.S. 201, Capital Road begins its northeastern entry to Chase Stream Township, opening to a group of a dozen small ponds: Ellis (101-acres, 18-ft depth) (Flatiron 4-acres, 4ft depth) (Long-16 acres, 14-ft  depth), (Round-36 acres, 11ft depth) (Dead 65 acres, 10-ft depth) among others. Most of these small ponds…

EBEEMEE Township

Pleasant River East Branch, outlet of Lower EBEEMEE Pond in EBEEMEE Township (2014)

Just north of Brownville on Route 11, this township contains the East Branch of the Pleasant River which feeds the connected West Pond, Pearl Pond and Ebeemee Lake. Small year-round and seasonal cottages are located on the access roads and on the shorelines.                        …

Glenwood

Glenwood contains most of Wytopitlock Lake (the balance is in T2 R4 WELS) and Orcutt Brook, which empties into it. In 2004 only a few camps were scattered along the rocky shore. The Bureau of State Parks and Public Lands owns and maintains a boat launch in the shallow outlet cove, located in Glenwood. Wytopitlock Stream is the outlet and the start of a popular canoe trip. Glenwood is subject to the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, which has identified critical natural areas in the plantation.

Hobbstown Township

Spencer or Hardscrabble Mountain from Spencer Road in Hobbstown Township (2016)

This township (T4 R6 BKP  WKR) in Somerset County contains most of Spencer Lake, along with the 2400-foot Spencer Mountain west of the Lake, and the 2300-foot Hardscrabble Mountain east of the Lake. With no village settlement, it is primarily an area of woods and woods roads. In the early 20th century, Spencer Lake Camps…

Lakes, Sixty Largest

The largest lakes in Maine, those over ten acres in area, are defined as “great ponds.”  The following are details about the sixty largest. In the table below “drain” refers to the total drainage that leads water to the lake. “Major Drainage” refers to the river or stream contributing directly into the lake.  Secondary drainage…

Orneville Township

Route 155 in Orneville between Bradford and Lagrange. (2014)

Orneville, east of Lagrange, is heavily forested. It has one small village, Boyd Lake, on Route 6/16 near Boyd Lake itself. Maine combined Routes 6/16 in the east and Route 11 in the west and a short stretch of Route 155 between Bradford and Lagrange in the southeast are the major improved roads on the…

Richardson Town Township

Sign: "State of Maine Public Reserved Land" which is located in the Township. (2018)

  This western Maine township in Oxford County near New Hampshire is just east of Magalloway Plantation. It encompasses Upper Richardson Lake with shore frontage on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Upper Richardson Public Reserved Land is located north of the small village of Upper Dam. The State of Maine’s lake survey combines data for Upper and Lower…

St. Agatha

Farmland and the Village at Long Lake (2005)

Settled by Acadians, the name derives from the parish church that was established in 1890. Farming and lumbering have been this St. John Valley area town’s historic economic base. Located on the northwest shore of Long Lake, Maine Route 162 from Frenchville passes through the main village, then hugs the lake shore and continues along nearby Mud Lake.

Troy

Classic Barn in Troy (2006)

Maine Route 220 joins U.S. Route 202/Maine Route 9 at Green’s Corner near the shore of Unity Pond. Carleton Pond, Bog, and Stream are accessible from Route 220 in the north end of town. The 1840 Troy Union Meeting House is a classic example of a type of meeting house or church in Maine in the four decades prior to the Civil War.

Wallagrass

Fish River at Soldier Pond Village in Wallagrass (2018)

Settled by Acadians, the town lies just south of Fort Kent on the Fish River, whose Eagle Lake outlet is in the southern portion of the township. See photos. Wallagrass Station village is located at the southern end of the town, where Station Road leads to the shore of Eagle Lake.