Damariscotta Lake is a lake in Lincoln County, Maine. Damariscota Lake, which covers 4,300 acres (1,700 ha), encompasses part of the towns of Jefferson, Nobleboro, and Newcastle.[2] Damariscotta Lake State Park in Jefferson occupies 19 acres at the far northern end of the lake.[5] The lake is known for its annual run of alewives and the dam and fish ladder built in 1807 at Damariscotta Mills at the lake's southern tip.[6][7]
| Damariscotta Lake | |
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 View of Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro, Maine | |
  Damariscotta Lake | |
| Location | Lincoln County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 44°08′49″N 69°29′10″W / 44.147°N 69.486°W[1] |
| Type | Lake |
| Primary outflows | Damariscotta River |
| Max. length | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Max. width | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Surface area | 4,381 acres (1,773 ha)[2] |
| Average depth | 30 feet (9.1 m)[3] |
| Max. depth | 114 feet (35 m)[2] |
| Shore length1 | 21.4 miles (34.4 km)[3] |
| Surface elevation | 52 feet (16 m)[1] |
| Islands | Spectacle Islands[4] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Damariscotta Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c "Damariscotta Lake Survey" (PDF). Lincoln County Lake Survey Maps. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ a b "Damariscotta Lake". Lakes of Maine. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "Damariscotta Lake Region". Midcoast Conservancy. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "Damariscotta Lake State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ Ken Textor (February 13, 2002). "Focus on: Damariscotta Lake, Maine". New England Boating. Lighthouse Media Solutions. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ Julia McLeod; Mary Sheldon; Marilyn Speckmann (2011). Damariscotta Lake. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7385-7509-4.