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Bristol, known from 1632 to 1765 as Pemaquid (/ ˈ p ɛ m ə k w ɪ d /; today a village within the town), is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,834 at the 2020 census. [2] A fishing and resort area, Bristol includes the villages of New Harbor, Pemaquid, Round Pond, Bristol Mills
Louds Island, also once known as Muscongus Island, is an island in Muscongus Bay off the coast of Round Pond, a village of Bristol, Maine, United States. It is also an unorganized territory of Maine. It is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at its widest point. The island did not have a flush toilet until 2009. [1]
Range Ponds State Park is a public recreation area wrapping around the eastern end of Lower Range Pond in the town of Poland in Androscoggin County, Maine. [1] [3] The state park offers a sandy beach with lifeguard-supervised swimming, kayaking, limited motorized boating, hiking trails, and fishing.
The qualifications for this list of Maine lakes is that the lake is located partially or entirely in Maine, named, and has a surface area of more than 10 acres (40,000 m 2). This makes it legally a great pond unless it is dammed, smaller than 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ) prior to damming, smaller than 30 acres (120,000 m 2 ) afterwards, and entirely ...
East Pond is the headwater pond of the Belgrade chain of lakes. The south end of the pond is in Oakland, and the north end of the pond in Smithfield overflows westward approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) through the village of Smithfield into the east side of North Pond. [2]
Location: Piscataquis County, Maine: Coordinates: 1]: Primary inflows: Allagash Stream: Primary outflows: Allagash Stream: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 4.4 mi (7.1 km) [2]: Max. width: 1.6 mi (2.6 km) [2]: Surface area: 4,260 acres (1,720 ha) [3]: Average depth: 35 feet (11 m) [4]: Max. depth: 89 feet (27 m) [3]: Water volume: 151,374 acre⋅ft (186,717,000 m 3) [5]: Shore ...
The railroad through town was added in 1851 as part of the route to connect Portland, Maine to Montreal, Canada. The lake was historically referred to as Bryant's Pond in reference to the Bryant's Pond railroad station. [8] There was a steam-powered spool mill built in 1875 on the shore of the lake. [9] Oxford county was a lead producer of ...
The west end of the second pond is 800 yards (730 m) south of the overflow from the south end of the lower basin of the first pond. The east end of the second pond overflows into the third pond 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east. [2] The second pond is the shallowest of the chain, and offers the least favorable habitat for brook trout.