Conditions and Status of Maine's Lakes (Lewiston, Auburn: swimming, summer, water)

[Sunday1]

Originally Posted by ribbets

Bear Pond near Turner,Buckfield comes to mind.
Lake Auburn Auburn
the www.maine.gov site has a listing in the DIFW dept. listing about 8 pages of lakes and ponds where no motors are allowed

Thanks Ribbets but I couldn't find it.

[Sunday1]

Originally Posted by American girl

While Graham Lake allows motorized craft they are as few and far between as you could hope for. The lake is shallow, man made and underwater denizens (stumps) quickly foil speed boaters. A half dozen of us have pontoon boats and putt putt up and down the lake, which is very large. Last fourth of July we spent a half day fishing and saw just one other motorized boat. There are a couple of jet skis but we rarely see them.

Where is Graham Lake, AG? Is it really shallow? I've never been to (or on) a man-made lake. Is it a resevoir? Can you swim in it?

[ribbets]

www.maine.gov/ifw/laws_rules/boatlaws.htm
and click on boating restrictions

[Sunday1]

Thanks Ribbets. I now have a great list to work from. Appreciate it!!

[American girl]

Originally Posted by Sunday1

Where is Graham Lake, AG? Is it really shallow? I've never been to (or on) a man-made lake. Is it a resevoir? Can you swim in it?

Graham Lake is a man made hydro electric generation project - sounds dreadful doesn't it? It's really quite lovely and you can read more about it on the Graham Lake thread right here on City-Data's Maine forum. It is a very large lake located in Ellsworth, Mariaville and Otis. I swim in it every day that's it's warm in the summer. We have a nice sandy beach, dock, little pontoon boat, two kayaks.

[Kelly Shedd]

We have a camp on Graham Lake that we have enjoyed for several years. Spent summer vacations enjoying swimming, fishing, photographing nature. It was our secret family get away. Unfortunately, kids are grown and we need to sell to pay for college but the memories of Graham Lake and it's natural beauty and peacefulness will always have a special place in our hearts.

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by Sunday1

I grew up on a small (90 acres) spring-fed lake in Washington about 45 minutes east of Seattle and as the cliche' goes, "life was good." No motorized craft allowed -- lots of canoes and rowboats trolling slowly at sunset for perch and bass on warm summer nights...great swimming, etc. I've been trying to find some lakes like that in southern maine to visit during our upcoming trip to secure a house to lease, but am not finding anything. Is there no such thing? I kind of had it in my head that there would be at few if not several lakes like that (without motorcraft) in southern to midcoast Maine - but I'm now thinking I was mistaken. ???

I am fortunate enough to live on such a lake, a great pond actually(over 30 acres). It is spring fed, limited to 6 hp boats and stocked with rainbow trout. There are a few similar well kept secrets around. You would have to advertise wiell in advance of your arrival to find rental accommodations. Most places in this category are privately owned and peopled by full time residents.

[gcberry]

Originally Posted by ribbets

Conditions,clarity,depth, acreage and many other pertinent information can be found at www.pearl.maine.edu :

can anyone identify the beautiful gem of a lake/pond that is on the front page pearl website listed above?

[tcrackly]

Kinda reminds me of Chimney Pond on the Katahdin mountain range.

[7th generation]

Originally Posted by tcrackly

Kinda reminds me of Chimney Pond on the Katahdin mountain range.

It does look like Chimney Pond,(which by the way they won't let you swim in anymore!), but if you run your cursor over it, it says Crater Lake.
Weird, the only crater anything I could find in the state was Crater Pond in
T15 R9....