Moose Pond

Moose Pond
Moose Pond
	Moose Pond, Spring 2009.
	Moose Pond
Location	Cumberland County and Oxford County, Maine
Coordinates	43°58′18″N 70°48′31″W / 43.97167°N 70.80861°WCoordinates: 43°58′18″N 70°48′31″W / 43.97167°N 70.80861°W
Type	lake
Max. length	13 miles (21 km)
Surface area	1,697 acres (6.87 km2)
Average depth	20 feet (6.1 m)
Max. depth	80 feet (24 m)
Water volume	30,722 acre-feet (37,895,000 m3)
Surface elevation	418 feet (127 m)

Moose Pond is located in the towns of Bridgton, Denmark and Sweden, in the state of Maine. Camp Winona, a camp for boys, Camp Wyonegonic, a camp for girls, and Shawnee Peak Ski Area, a ski resort, are located on the lake.

Statistics[]

Total lake area - 1,697 acres (6.87 km²) ^[1]
Maximum recorded depth - 80 feet (24 m)
Mean depth - 20 feet (6.1 m)
Volume - 30,722 acre-feet (37,895,000 m³)
Watershed - 11,170 acres (45.2 km²)
Elevation - 418 feet (127 m)
Shorefront lots - 497
Approx 13 miles (21 km) long

Fishing[]

The lake supports landlocked salmon and lake trout in the middle basin. The pond also supports populations of largemouth bass, has Maine's record 11 lb large mouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, white perch, chain pickerel, hornpout, rainbow smelt, white sucker, fallfish, golden shiners, pumpkinseed sunfish and slimy sculpin.^[2]

References[]

^ http://www.moosepondassociation.org/
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

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[1] ttp://www.moosepondassociation.org/

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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