Fish River chain of lakes

Long Lake
Location	Aroostook County, Maine
Coordinates	47°12′N 68°15′W / 47.200°N 68.250°W / 47.200; -68.250^[1]
Primary inflows	Little River^[2]

Max. length	10.3 mi (16.6 km)^[2]
Surface area	6,849 acres (2,772 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	163 feet (50 m)^[4]
Water volume	329,456 acre·ft (406,378,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	581 ft (177 m)^[1]

Mud Lake
Location	Aroostook County
Coordinates	47°09′N 68°17′W / 47.150°N 68.283°W / 47.150; -68.283^[5]

Max. length	2.4 mi (3.9 km)^[2]
Surface area	1,002 acres (405 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	20 feet (6.1 m)^[6]
Water volume	10,138 acre·ft (12,505,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	581 ft (177 m)^[5]

Cross Lake
Location	Aroostook County
Coordinates	47°07′N 68°20′W / 47.117°N 68.333°W / 47.117; -68.333^[7]

Max. length	5.6 mi (9.0 km)^[2]
Surface area	2,470 acres (1,000 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	46 ft (14 m)^[8]
Water volume	52,267 acre·ft (64,470,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	578 ft (176 m)^[7]

Square Lake
Location	Aroostook County
Coordinates	47°03′N 68°22′W / 47.050°N 68.367°W / 47.050; -68.367^[9]

Max. length	7.7 mi (12.4 km)^[2]
Max. width	2.2 mi (3.5 km)^[2]
Surface area	8,090 acres (3,270 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	122 ft (37 m)^[10]
Water volume	277,829 acre·ft (342,697,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	577 ft (176 m)^[9]

Eagle Lake
Location	Aroostook County
Coordinates	47°03′N 68°30′W / 47.050°N 68.500°W / 47.050; -68.500^[11]
Primary outflows	Fish River^[2]

Max. length	15 mi (24 km)^[2]
Surface area	5,601 acres (2,267 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	136 ft (41 m)^[12]
Water volume	249,702 acre·ft (308,003,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	574 ft (175 m)^[11]

The Fish River chain of lakes is a series of five lakes in northern Maine in a tributary stream to the Fish River.^[2] The lakes are an important northern Maine recreation area providing habitat for wildlife including rainbow smelt, brook trout, lake trout, and land-locked Atlantic salmon.

Long Lake

Long Lake extends southward from Saint Agatha into Maine township 17 ranges 3 and 4. Tributaries Brishlotte Brook, Ouellette Brook, and Little River flow into the north end of the lake. Paulette Brook flows into the east side of the lake; Mud Brook flows into the southeast end of the lake; and McLean Brook, Bard Brook, and Pelletier Brook flow into the southwest arm of the lake.^[2] The lake overflows from the end of the southwest arm through the Long Lake Thoroughfare into Mud Lake approximately 500 metres (550 yd) away. There are two boat launch areas, a picnic area, and numerous residences and camps where Maine State Route 162 follows the west shore of the lake. Long Lake is the deepest lake of the chain, and provides good habitat for brook trout, rainbow smelt, and land-locked salmon.^[4]

Mud Lake

Long Lake Thoroughfare discharges into the east end of Mud Lake in Maine township 17, range 4; and the west end of Mud Lake in township 17, range 5, discharges through Cross Lake Thoroughfare into Cross Lake approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away.^[2] Numerous residences and camps line the north shore of Mud Lake along Maine State Route 162. Mud Lake is the smallest and shallowest lake of the chain, and provides habitat for longnose sucker, hornpout, and yellow perch.^[6]

Cross Lake

Mud Lake discharges into the east side of Cross Lake in Maine township 17, range 5; and the south end of Cross Lake in township 16, range 5, overflows through Square Lake Thoroughfare into Square Lake approximately 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) away. There are residences and camps along the north end and eastern shore of Cross Lake where Maine State Route 161 follows the northeast shore of the lake; and there is a public boat launch and picnic area on the southeast shore. The remaining shoreline of this shallow lake is boggy and undeveloped.^[2] Tributaries Dickey Brook and Daigle Brook enter the north end of the lake and Black Brook enter the south end providing spawning and nursery habitat for brook trout, rainbow smelt, and land-locked salmon.^[8]

Square Lake

Cross Lake discharges into the east side of Square Lake, and the north end of Square Lake overflows 3.5 miles (5.6 km) through Eagle Lake Thoroughfare into the eastern arm of Eagle Lake. Square Lake is the largest lake of the chain and is almost entirely within Maine township 16, range 5.^[2] Tributaries Dimock Brook and California Brook flowing into the north end of the lake from township 17, range 5, and Goddard Brook flowing into the south end from township 15, range 5, provide good spawning and nursery habitat for brook trout, rainbow smelt, and land-locked salmon.^[10]

Eagle Lake

Eagle Lake overflows into the Fish River in the southeast corner of Wallagrass 13 miles (21 km) upstream of the confluence with the Saint John River. From the outlet, the lake extends southward through the eastern part of the town of Eagle Lake and forms a "L" extending eastward through township 16, range 6, into township 16, range 5. Fish River enters Eagle Lake at the bend in the "L". The chain of lakes tributary to the Fish River enters Eagle Lake via the Eagle Lake Thoroughfare from Square Lake in township 16, range 5. Smaller tributaries to Eagle Lake include Clark Brook, Gilmore Brook, Brown Brook, Devoe Brook, and Pond Brook from the town of Eagle Lake, and Alec Brook, Miller Brook, and Last Brook from township 16. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad follows the west shore of Eagle Lake through the town of Eagle Lake and then follows the Fish River into Fort Kent.^[2] Eagle Lake provides good habitat for rainbow smelt, brook trout, lake trout, and land-locked salmon.^[12] The entire eastern arm of Eagle Lake is within the 23,000-acre (9,300 ha) reserve of public land available for ATV riding, birding, camping, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, hunting, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and swimming.^[13]

Sources

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Long Lake
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The Maine Atlas and Gazeteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. p. 68. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
1 2 "Long Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mud Lake
1 2 "Mud Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross Lake
1 2 "Cross Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Square Lake
1 2 "Square Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eagle Lake
1 2 "Square Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
↑ "Eagle Lake Public Reserved Land". Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. State of Maine. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Becaguimec Stream Big Black River Birch River Blackwater River Campbell Branch Little Black River River De Chute Daaquam River Fish River Hammond River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Oromocto River Red River Saint Croix Stream Saint Francis River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River Tobique River West Branch Little Black River

Lakes	Cross Lake Eagle Lake Fish River Lake Grand Lake Long Lake Mactaquac Lake Mud Lake Lake Pohenegamook Portage Lake Saint Froid Lake Scopan Lake Square Lake Umsaskis Lake

Towns	Allagash Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Caribou Eagle Lake Easton Edmundston Florenceville-Bristol Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Fredericton Frenchville Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand Isle Hampton Hartland Hodgdon Houlton Limestone Littleton Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Monticello Nackawic New Limerick Oromocto Perham Perth-Andover Pohénégamook Portage Lake Presque Isle Quispamsis Rivière-Bleue Rothesay Sainte Agatha Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Saint Francis Saint John Saint-Just-de-Bretenières Saint-Léonard Saint-Marcel Saint-Pamphile Saint-Zacharie Stockholm Sussex Van Buren Washburn Westfield Woodstock

Landmarks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Clair–Fort Kent Bridge Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge Florenceville Bridge Fort Kent Hartland Bridge North Maine Woods Reversing Falls Saint John Harbour Bridge Saint John River High Level Crossing Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge Tinker Dam Watson Settlement Bridge

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