Little Androscoggin River Explained

Little Androscoggin River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Mouth Location:Androscoggin River
Mouth Elevation:115feet

}The Little Androscoggin River is a 51.4adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in Maine. It flows from Bryant Pond in Woodstock (44.3646°N -70.6383°W) to its confluence with the Androscoggin River in Auburn. The Androscoggin flows into Merrymeeting Bay in the Kennebec River estuary.

The Little Androscoggin flows through the towns of Woodstock, Greenwood, West Paris, Paris (including the village of South Paris), Norway, Oxford, Mechanic Falls, Minot, and Poland, and the city of Auburn.

Thompson Lake

Thompson Lake
Pushpin Map:Maine#USA
Length:7.7miles[2]
Area:[3]
Max-Depth:121feet[4]
Volume:173712acre.ft
Elevation:325feet

Thompson Lake is the largest lake in the Little Androscoggin watershed. The north end of the lake overflows into the Little Androscoggin River through the village of Oxford. The lake forms the boundary between Otisfield to the west and Oxford and Poland to the northeast and southeast, respectively. The southern tip of the lake is in Casco. Greeley Brook is the largest tributary to the lake, and flows 7miles from Sand Pond in Norway. Smaller tributaries include Knights Brook and Jerry Brook in Otisfield and Potash Brook in Poland.[2] The lake is good habitat for smallmouth and largemouth bass and has been stocked with trout.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 30, 2011
  2. Book: The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer . DeLorme Mapping Company . Thirteenth . 1988 . Freeport, Maine . 30&40 . 0-89933-035-5.
  3. Web site: Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information . 2008-07-31 . 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 . 2006-09-03 . dead .
  4. Web site: Thompson Lake . Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife . State of Maine . 1 May 2016 .