Kennebago River Explained

Kennebago River
Pushpin Map:Maine#USA
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Source1 Location:Maine

The Kennebago River is a 30adj=midNaNadj=mid river in northwestern part of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a tributary of Cupsuptic Lake, an arm of Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Via a chain of lakes and the Rapid River, it is part of the Androscoggin River watershed.

Kennebago Lake

Kennebago Lake
Coords:45.1°N -113°W
Outflow:Kennebago River
Basin Countries:United States
Length:4.6miles[1]
Width:1km (01miles)
Area:[2]
Max-Depth:116feet[3]
Volume:102475acre.ft
Elevation:1778feet
Pushpin Map:Maine#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of the Kennebago Lake in Maine, USA.

The Kennebago River passes by the western end of Kennebago Lake 11miles upstream of Cupsuptic Lake. The lake extends southeasterly from the river in Stetsontown township into the northeast corner of Davis township.[1] Kennebago Lake has a native population of brook trout, rainbow smelt, and land-locked Atlantic salmon.[3]

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44.9898°N -70.7831°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer . DeLorme Mapping Company . Thirteenth . 1988 . Freeport, Maine . 28 . 0-89933-035-5.
  2. Web site: Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information . 31 July 2008 . Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife . 2005-08-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20060903111335/http://www.pearl.maine.edu/Browseglobal.asp?PNI=LAKES_STREAMS&NoOfInputs=0&mode=DATA&TABLENAME=ADMIN_GMC03&action=DISPLAYFIELDS . 3 September 2006 . dead .
  3. Web site: Kennebago Lake . Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife . State of Maine . 13 May 2016 .