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Allagash Lake

Coordinates: 46°19′13″N 69°31′40″W / 46.32028°N 69.52778°W / 46.32028; -69.52778
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Allagash Lake
Allagash Lake from the summit of Allagash Mountain
Location of lake in Maine, USA
Location of lake in Maine, USA
Allagash Lake
LocationPiscataquis County, Maine
Coordinates46°19′13″N 69°31′40″W / 46.32028°N 69.52778°W / 46.32028; -69.52778[1]
Primary inflowsAllagash Stream
Primary outflowsAllagash Stream
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length4.4 mi (7.1 km)[2]
Max. width1.6 mi (2.6 km)[2]
Surface area4,260 acres (1,720 ha)[3]
Average depth35 feet (11 m)[4]
Max. depth89 feet (27 m)[3]
Water volume151,374 acre⋅ft (186,717,000 m3)[5]
Shore length123.8 miles (38.3 km)[4]
Surface elevation1,037 ft (316 m)[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Allagash Lake is in the North Maine Woods on the boundary of Maine range 14 townships 7 and 8 in the United States. Allagash Stream flows into the northwest corner of the lake from Allagash Pond, Crescent Pond, and Mud Pond in township 9 range 15. Allagash Stream overflows the northeast corner of the lake and flows 5 miles (8.0 km) through Little Round Pond into Chamberlain Lake. Chamberlain Lake originally overflowed through Eagle Lake and Churchill Lake to the Allagash River; but was diverted through Telos Cut to the Penobscot River in the 1850s.[2] Allagash Lake provides good habitat for togue and squaretail.[3]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b "Allagash Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 55&56. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
  3. ^ a b c "Allagash Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. State of Maine. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Allagash Lake". Lakes of Maine. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04). "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-07-31.