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

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 Richardson Lakes. Combined they cover 5,100 acres with a maximum depth of 108 feet. Landlocked salmon, lake trout, and brook trout are the principal fisheries.

Photos taken in June 2017 at approximately N44° 54′ 25.00″ W70° 54′ 28.0″

Additional resources

Maine. Department of Inland Fisheries ans Wildlife. “Richardson Lakes. Magalloway PIt., Richardsontown Twp., and Township C, Oxford County.” Revised 1998.
https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/lake-survey-maps/oxford/richardson_lakes.pdf (accessed April 12, 2019.)

 

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