At night, he saw the stars in the sky in their fixed positions and the crescent of the moon floating like a boat in the blue. He saw trees, stars, animals, clouds, rainbows, rocks, herbs, flowers, stream and river, the glistening dew in the bushes in the morning, distant high mountains which were blue and…
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,…
In the northern portion, the Appalachian Trail crosses the township following Bald Mountain Stream and the Piscataquis River, passing just north of the village, which is near the river and is accessible on the Blanchard Road from Monson village. See maps and photos.
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…
The Chain of Ponds Lake consists of four basins arranged in a straight line that runs northwest to southeast. It covers 700 acres and drains 64.5 square miles. The maximum depth is 106 feet, and the average depth is 24 feet. A 300 foot long, ten foot tall, dam at the outlet of Lower Pond…
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…
Flagstaff Lake from Bigelow Mountain (2003) The township is immediately west of Carrying Place Town Township, host to the next northerly section of the AT. Little Bigelow Mountain, Myron H. Avery Peak, and West…
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 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.
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…
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, 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…
This small, irregular sized township is on Route 156 between Wilton and Weld in Franklin County. Not to be confused with Perkins Township on Swan Island in Sagadahoc County. Hills Pond, north of Bald Mountain, has no inlets, but an outlet flows south forming the headwaters of Wilson Stream. Water quality is marginal for cold…
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…
Access to the pond is on unimproved roads beginning in Blanchard Village off the Abbot Road trending southwest for about four miles until turning right at Thanksgiving Pond Road. In about a mile, park road vehicles. Follow a rough road/trail for about a half mile with off-road vehicles or by hiking. This Spectacle Pond…
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.
At the junction of Maine Routes 23, 43 and 152, the village lies at the southwestern tip of Indian Pond. The three and one-half mile Pond (sometimes called Indian Lake, or Big Indian Lake) is maintained by a dam at the park in the main village.
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.
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.