Swan Lake (Maine)

Swan Lake
Location of Swan Lake in Maine, USA.
Location of Swan Lake in Maine, USA.
Swan Lake
Location of Swan Lake in Maine, USA.
Location of Swan Lake in Maine, USA.
Swan Lake
LocationWaldo County, Maine
Coordinates44°32′55″N 68°59′29″W / 44.54861°N 68.99139°W / 44.54861; -68.99139
TypeReservoir
Primary outflowsGoose River
Catchment area8.68 sq mi (22.5 km2)[1]
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length3 mi (4.8 km)
Max. width1 mi (1.6 km)
Surface area1,370 acres (550 ha; 2.14 sq mi)[2]
Average depth34 ft (10 m)[1]
Max. depth87 ft (27 m)[2]
Water volume41,217 acre⋅ft (50,840,000 m3)[1]
Surface elevation200 ft (61 m)[2]

Swan Lake is the second largest lake in Waldo County, Maine. Originally known as Goose Pond, during the 19th century it came increasingly to be referred to as Swan Lake, after the town of Swanville, Maine, which before incorporation had been known as the Plantation of Swan.[3]

The lake is drained by Goose River, through a small dam that is owned and operated by Goose River Hydro, Inc., which also owns the water rights. In 1979 an agreement was brokered between the towns of Swanville, Frankfort, Searsport and Goose River Hydro, Inc. The agreement covers water levels as well as Goose River Hydro's responsibility for the dam and land around it.

Most of the area of the lake is in the town of Swanville, with the remainder in Searsport and Frankfort. Approximately 350 houses line the shore of the lake.[4] Swan Lake State Park is on the north shore.

  1. ^ a b c "KnowledgeBase: Science & information management for the Gulf of Maine and its watershed". Retrieved 2017-04-11. To DOWNLOAD the data, click HERE
  2. ^ a b c "Maine Lake Survey Maps - Waldo County - Swan Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. ^ Varney, George Jones (1881). "Swanville". A Gazetteer of the State of Maine. B. B. Russell. p. 584.
  4. ^ "Swan Lake Association". Retrieved 2012-08-10.