Eagle Lake (Maine)

For the Aroostook County lake, see Fish River chain of lakes.

Eagle Lake
Location	Piscataquis County, Maine
Coordinates	46°20′N 69°21′W / 46.333°N 69.350°W / 46.333; -69.350Coordinates: 46°20′N 69°21′W / 46.333°N 69.350°W / 46.333; -69.350^[1]
Primary outflows	Allagash River
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	18 mi (29 km)^[2]
Surface area	9,554 acres (3,866 ha)^[3]
Max. depth	124 feet (38 m)^[4]
Water volume	220,866 acre·ft (272,434,000 m³)^[3]
Surface elevation	928 ft (283 m)^[1]

Eagle Lake is the first, largest, and deepest lake of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in the North Maine Woods.^[4] The lake covers the eastern side of Eagle Lake township. The southern end of the lake extends into Maine township 7, range 12, where it receives overflow from Indian Pond, and into Soper Mountain township where it receives overflow from Haymock Lake via Smith Brook. Other ponds in the Eagle Lake watershed include Woodman Pond via Woodman Brook, Pillsbury Pond and Little Pillsbury Pond via Smith Brook, Soper Pond and Upper Soper Pond via Soper Brook, and the Russell Ponds via Russell Brook.^[2] Eagle Lake originally received overflow from Chamberlain Lake, but Lock Dam has diverted most Chamberlain Lake overflow through Telos Cut to the Penobscot River since the 1850s.^[5]

Churchill Lake Dam

A dam in Maine township 10, range 12, has raised the level of Churchill Lake from the adjoining range 12 township 9 into the north end of Eagle Lake in adjoining range 13 of township 9. The dam controls elevation of Eagle Lake by releases to the Allagash River tributary of the Saint John River. Personnel at Churchill Depot control dam releases to sustain Allagash River summer flows favorable for canoe passage of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.^[4]

Fish habitat

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife considers Eagle Lake ideal habitat for togue, squaretail, cusk, and lake whitefish; and has endeavored to protect the lake from introduction of competing species like yellow perch. Releases from Churchill Lake Dam may be reduced during autumn and winter months to sustain water levels covering rocky shoals used for spawning.^[4]

Sources

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eagle Lake
1 2 The Maine Atlas and Gazeteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 55&56. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
1 2 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. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
1 2 3 4 "Eagle Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. State of Maine. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
↑ "Lock Dam". Bureau of Parks and Lands. State of Maine. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Becaguimec Stream Big Black River Birch River Blackwater River Campbell Branch Little Black River River De Chute Daaquam River Fish River Hammond River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Musquacook Stream Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Oromocto River Red River Saint Croix Stream Saint Francis River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River Tobique River West Branch Little Black River

Lakes	Baker Lake Beau Lake Chemquasabamticook Lake Churchill Lake Clear Lake Cross Lake Eagle Lake (Allagash R.) Eagle Lake (Fish R.) Fish River Lake Glazier Lake Grand Lake Long Lake Mactaquac Lake Millinocket Lake Mud Lake Munsungan Lake Musquacook Lakes Lake Pohenegamook Portage Lake Saint Froid Lake Saint John Ponds Scopan Lake Square Lake Umsaskis Lake

Towns	Allagash Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Caribou Eagle Lake Easton Edmundston Florenceville-Bristol Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Fredericton Frenchville Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand Isle Hampton Hartland Hodgdon Houlton Lac-Frontière Limestone Littleton Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Monticello Nackawic New Limerick Oromocto Perham Perth-Andover Pohénégamook Portage Lake Presque Isle Quispamsis Rivière-Bleue Rothesay Sainte Agatha Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Saint Francis Saint John Saint-Just-de-Bretenières Saint-Léonard Saint-Marcel Saint-Pamphile Saint-Zacharie Stockholm Sussex Van Buren Washburn Westfield Woodstock

Landmarks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Clair–Fort Kent Bridge Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge Florenceville Bridge Fort Kent Hartland Bridge North Maine Woods Reversing Falls Saint John Harbour Bridge Saint John River High Level Crossing Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge Tinker Dam Watson Settlement Bridge

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