Chemquasabamticook Lake

Lake in Maine, USA

46°30′N 69°37′W / 46.500°N 69.617°W / 46.500; -69.617^[1]Primary outflowsChemquasabamticook StreamBasin countriesUnited StatesMax. length4.8 mi (7.7 km)^[2]Max. width1.5 mi (2.4 km)^[2]Surface area2,925 acres (1,184 ha)^[3]Max. depth105 feet (32 m)^[4]Water volume99,975 acre⋅ft (123,317,000 m³)^[3]Surface elevation1,201 ft (366 m)^[1]

Chemquasabamticook Lake (or Ross Lake) is the source of Chemquasabamticook Stream in the North Maine Woods. The lake is in Maine townships 9 and 10 of range 15, and township 9 of range 14. Tributaries include Sweeney Brook, Boucher Brook, Gannet Brook, Fool Brook, and Ross Inlet. Chemquasabamticook Stream flows 22 miles (35 km) from a disused dam at the north end of the lake to reach Long Lake on the Allagash River.^[2] Chemquasabamticook Lake has a self-sustaining native squaretail population, and rainbow smelt have been introduced to encourage more rapid growth of the native togue.^[4]

Sources

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chemquasabamticook Lake
^ ^a ^b ^c The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 55&61. 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 31 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Ross Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. State of Maine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries

Maine	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Blackwater River Big Black River Birch River Brown River Campbell Branch Little Black River Chimenticook River Daaquam River Depot River East Branch Pocwock Stream Fish River Gobeil River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Meduxnekeag River Musquacook Stream North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Otter River Pocwock River Red River River De Chute Saint Francis River Saint John River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River St. Croix Stream West Branch Little Black River West Branch Pocwock Stream
New Brunswick	Aroostook River Becaguimec Stream Canaan River Hammond River Iroquois River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Iroquois River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Oromocto River River De Chute Saint Francis River Saint John River Tobique River

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