Schoodic Lake, lake in Lake View Plantation, Piscataquis County, Maine, United States
Schoodic Lake is a deep lake covering much of the western half of Lake View Plantation in Piscataquis County, Maine. It measures about 13 km north to south and 4.4 km east to west, with a surface area of 28 square kilometres at an elevation of 131 metres. Its south end overflows through Schoodic Stream, and islands within it include Deadman Rock and Dean Island.
Schoodic Lake drains a small basin: Orson Bog, Norton Pond and Jaquith Pond in eastern Brownville feed it, and its south end overflows through Schoodic Stream, which runs 5 miles to the Piscataquis River 13 miles above that river's confluence with the Penobscot at Howland. The lake covers much of the western half of Lake View Plantation in Piscataquis County.
The lake's name is often linked to Penobscot origins, but the sources document no such etymology. What they do record is the fishing: the lake holds togue, squaretail and land-locked Atlantic salmon, and anglers also catch smallmouth bass, white sucker and round whitefish. The south end drains via Schoodic Stream to the Piscataquis River.
Schoodic Lake drains south through Schoodic Stream, which runs about 5 miles (8 km) to the Piscataquis River, reaching it 13 miles (21 km) above the Piscataquis-Penobscot confluence at Howland. The lake fills much of the western half of Lake View Plantation, and its tributaries come from Orson Bog, Norton Pond and Jaquith Pond in eastern Brownville.
Schoodic Lake overflows at its south end through Schoodic Stream, which runs about 5 miles (8 km) to the Piscataquis River, 13 miles (21 km) above that river's confluence with the Penobscot at Howland. The lake lies mostly in Lake View Plantation and covers roughly 28 square kilometres, reaching 131 metres above sea level.
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