Moose on the Spencer Bay Road near Spencer Pond in Spencer Bay Township (2011)

Moose on the Spencer Bay Road near Spencer Pond in Spencer Bay Township (2011)

This township in Piscataquis County abuts a long shore of Moosehead Lake by way of Spencer Bay. The Spencer Bay Road trends northwest from Kokadjo to Spencer Pond in East Middlesex Canal Grant Township. Roach River also flows northwest about five miles from First Roach Pond to Spencer Bay.

Moose on the Spencer Bay Road near Spencer Pond in Spencer Bay Township

Deer along the access road from Spencer Bay to Mount Kineo (2011)

Deer along the access road from Spencer Bay to Mount Kineo (2011)

Campgrounds are frequent along the northeast shore of Spencer Bay. Real estate agents promote vacation cottages with terms such as “300 feet of beautiful water frontage” “a private cottage at the water’s edge” room for expansion” “State conservation land assures your privacy” Great views of the lake the distant mountains”.

Little Spencer Mountain from the Spencer Bay Road north of Kokadjo (2011)

Little Spencer Mountain from the Spencer Bay Road north of Kokadjo (2011)

 

Logging has created a large network of improved dirt roads throughout Spencer Bay Township. They may be beneficial for movement of the local moose population.

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