Lobster Lake (Maine)

Lobster Lake
Lobster Lake
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Location	Piscataquis County, Maine
Coordinates	45°51′N 69°32′W / 45.850°N 69.533°WCoordinates: 45°51′N 69°32′W / 45.850°N 69.533°W
Primary outflows	Lobster Stream
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	4.7 mi (7.6 km)
Max. width	1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Surface area	3,380 acres (1,370 ha)
Max. depth	106 feet (32 m)
Water volume	88,897 acre⋅ft (109,653,000 m3)
Surface elevation	965 ft (294 m)

Lobster Lake in the North Maine Woods was named because its shape resembles the outline of a lobster claw. The larger eastern arm of the lake extending southward is Big Claw and a smaller western arm is Little Claw. Lobster Stream connects the northwest corner of the lake to the West Branch Penobscot River 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north of the lake.^[2] Lobster Lake and the river are at a similar elevation; so the West Branch may temporarily reverse flow through Lobster Stream into the lake during peak runoff events from the western Maine highlands along the Canadian border. The lake has self-sustaining populations of native lake trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon; but brook trout populations are suppressed by competition from yellow perch and white perch.^[4]

Sources[]

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lobster Lake
^ ^a ^b ^c The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. p. 49. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
^ ^a ^b 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 3 September 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Lobster Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lobster Lake

[dmc-2] The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. p. 49. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.

[web-3] 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 3 September 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2008.

[f&g-4] "Lobster Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

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v t Penobscot River Watershed
Tributaries	Dead River East Branch Mattawamkeag River East Branch Penobscot River East Branch Piscataquis River East Branch Pleasant River Kenduskeag Stream Little Seboeis River Mattawamkeag River Middle Branch Pleasant River Molunkus Stream Narramissic River North Branch Marsh River North Branch Penobscot River Orland River Passadumkeag River Piscataquis River Pleasant River Sebec River Seboeis River South Branch Marsh River South Branch Penobscot River Stillwater River West Branch Mattawamkeag River West Branch Penobscot River West Branch Piscataquis River West Branch Pleasant River
Lakes	Allagash Lake Canada Falls Lake Caucomgomoc Lake Chamberlain Lake Chesuncook Lake Cold Stream Pond Debsconeag Lakes Grand Lake Seboeis Jo-Mary Lakes Lobster Lake Lower Wilson Pond Matagamon Lake Mattawamkeag Lake Millinocket Lake Nahmakanta Lake Nicatous Lake Lake Onawa Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes Pleasant Lake Pushaw Lake Ragged Lake Rainbow Lake Schoodic Lake Sebec Lake Seboeis Lake Seboomook Lake South Twin Lake Telos Lake Toddy Pond Upper Wilson Pond
Towns	Abbot Bangor Bradley Brewer Brooks Brownville Bucksport Burlington Carmel Charleston Danforth Dover-Foxcroft East Millinocket Eddington Enfield Frankfort Guilford Hampden Haynesville Hermon Howland Hudson Island Falls Kenduskeag Kingman Lee Levant Lincoln Macwahoc Mattawamkeag Medway Milford Millinocket Milo Monson Oakfield Old Town Orland Orono Orrington Passadumkeag Patten Prospect Sangerville Sherman Smyrna Springfield Veazie Verona Winn Winterport Wytopitlock
Landmarks	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Baxter State Park Fort Knox Gero Island Great Northern Paper Company Great Works Dam Hundred-Mile Wilderness Katahdin Iron Works Maine Central Railroad Monson Railroad Mount Katahdin North Maine Woods Orono Dam Peaks-Kenny State Park Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory Ripogenus Gorge Stillwater Dam University of Maine Veazie Dam Waldo–Hancock Bridge

Lobster Lake
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Location	Piscataquis County, Maine
Coordinates	45°51′N 69°32′W / 45.850°N 69.533°W / 45.850; -69.533Coordinates: 45°51′N 69°32′W / 45.850°N 69.533°W / 45.850; -69.533^[1]
Primary outflows	Lobster Stream
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	4.7 mi (7.6 km)^[2]
Max. width	1.5 mi (2.4 km)^[2]
Surface area	3,380 acres (1,370 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	106 feet (32 m)^[4]
Water volume	88,897 acre⋅ft (109,653,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	965 ft (294 m)^[1]