Moosehead Lake
Moosehead Lake is a large lake in Maine. It is the largest lake of Maine and the largest lake wholly within New England (the larger Lake Champlain is located between Vermont, New York, which is not considered part of New England, and the province of Quebec in Canada). It was named Moosehead Lake, because the lake's shape looks like a moose's head. There are over 80 islands in the lake, the largest being Sugar Island.
| Moosehead Lake | |
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| Location | Maine |
| Coordinates | 45°38′N 69°39′W / 45.633°N 69.650°WCoordinates: 45°38′N 69°39′W / 45.633°N 69.650°W |
| Lake type | Freshwater mesotrophic lake |
| Primary inflows | Moose River |
| Primary outflows | Kennebec River |
| Catchment area | 1,268 square miles (3,280 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 40 miles (64 km) |
| Max. width | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Surface area | 75,451 acres (30,534 ha) |
| Average depth | 55 feet (17 m) |
| Max. depth | 246 feet (75 m) |
| Residence time | 3.1 years |
| Shore length1 | 280.8 miles (451.9 km) |
| Surface elevation | 1,029 feet (314 m) |
| Islands | >80 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Moosehead Lake Media
Lake Shore at "the Birches," Moosehead Lake, ME; from a 1912 postcard.
Islands in Moosehead Lake, Maine
Other websites
Media related to Moosehead Lake at Wikimedia Commons
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