Millinocket Lake (Penobscot River)
| Millinocket Lake | |
|---|---|
 Millinocket Lake with Mount Katahdin beyond. | |
  Millinocket Lake  Millinocket Lake | |
| Coordinates | 45°45′33″N 68°47′36″W / 45.75917°N 68.79333°W |
| Max. length | 5 mi (8.0 km)[1] |
| Surface area | 8,571 acres (3,469 ha)[2] |
| Max. depth | 86 ft (26 m)[3] |
| Water volume | 179,982 acre⋅ft (222,005,000 m3)[2] |
| Surface elevation | 478 ft (146 m)[1] |
Millinocket Lake is 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Millinocket, Maine, United States, and is drained by Millinocket Stream, which flows through the town of Millinocket into the West Branch Penobscot River 2 miles (3.2 km) south of town. The lake is fed by Sandy Stream, which drains the southeastern slopes of Mount Katahdin by tributaries including Roaring Brook, Avalanche Brook, Spring Brook, Beaver Brook, and Rum Brook.[1] Sandy Stream is a good spawning habitat for rainbow smelt, which are a primary prey for lake trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon living in the lake.[3]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 43&51. 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 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ^ a b "Millinocket Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 11 May 2016.