West Branch Mattawamkeag River

West Branch Mattawamkeag River
Country	United States
Basin
Main source	Maine 890 feet (270 m)
River mouth	Mattawamkeag River 365 feet (111 m) 45°50′01″N 67°59′28″W / 45.8335°N 67.991°W / 45.8335; -67.991 (West Branch Mattawamkeag River)Coordinates: 45°50′01″N 67°59′28″W / 45.8335°N 67.991°W / 45.8335; -67.991 (West Branch Mattawamkeag River)
Progression	Mattawamkeag River – Penobscot River
Physical characteristics
Length	53 miles (85 km)

The West Branch Mattawamkeag River is a 52.6-mile-long (84.7 km)^[1] tributary of the Mattawamkeag River in Maine. From its source (46°08′07″N 68°30′09″W / 46.1354°N 68.5025°W / 46.1354; -68.5025) in Maine Township 6, Range 6, WELS, the river runs 10 miles (16 km)^[1] northeast by Pleasant Lake and through Mud Lake and Rockabema Lake, then 42 miles (68 km)^[1] south and southeast through Upper Mattawamkeag Lake and Mattawamkeag Lake to its confluence with the East Branch Mattawamkeag River in Haynesville, about 10 miles (16 km) west of the Canada–United States border.

Mattawamkeag Lake

Mattawamkeag Lake
Location	Aroostook County, Maine
Coordinates	45°59′N 68°10′W / 45.983°N 68.167°W / 45.983; -68.167^[2]
Primary inflows	Upper Mattawamkeag Lake
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	3.5 mi (5.6 km)^[3]
Max. width	2 mi (3.2 km)^[3]
Surface area	3,323 acres (1,345 ha)^[4]
Max. depth	47 feet (14 m)^[5]
Water volume	7,662 acre·ft (9,451,000 m³)^[4]
Surface elevation	430 ft (130 m)^[2]

Mattawamkeag Lake is 4 miles (6.4 km) east (downstream) of Island Falls. There is a good boat launching area on Upper Mattawamkeag Lake on the east side of U.S. Route 2 about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Island Falls.^[3] Upper Mattawamkeag Lake is at the same level as Mattawamkeag Lake, and boats can easily navigate the short thoroughfare from the south end of Upper Mattawamkeag Lake to the north end of Mattawamkeag Lake. For decades there was a dam at the south end of Mattawamkeag Lake controlling overflow to the West Branch Mattawamkeag River. Water level dropped several feet when the dam was abandoned; and the lake shoreline is rocky where wave action eroded shallow soil. The two lakes provide good habitat for chain pickerel, smallmouth bass and white perch.^[5]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 22, 2011
1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mattawamkeag Lake
1 2 3 The Maine Atlas and Gazeteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 52–53. 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 2008-07-31.
1 2 "Mattawamkeag Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

"West Branch Mattawamkeag River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency

Penobscot River Watershed

Tributaries	Dead River East Branch Mattawamkeag River East Branch Penobscot River East Branch Piscataquis River East Branch Pleasant River Kenduskeag Stream Little Seboeis River Mattawamkeag River Middle Branch Pleasant River Molunkus Stream Narramissic River North Branch Marsh River North Branch Penobscot River Orland River Passadumkeag River Piscataquis River Pleasant River Sebec River Seboeis River South Branch Marsh River South Branch Penobscot River Stillwater River West Branch Mattawamkeag River West Branch Penobscot River West Branch Piscataquis River West Branch Pleasant River

Lakes	Allagash Lake Canada Falls Lake Caucomgomoc Lake Chamberlain Lake Chesuncook Lake Cold Stream Pond Debsconeag Lakes Grand Lake Seboeis Jo-Mary Lakes Lobster Lake Lower Wilson Pond Matagamon Lake Mattawamkeag Lake Millinocket Lake Nahmakanta Lake Nicatous Lake Lake Onawa Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes Pleasant Lake Pushaw Lake Ragged Lake Rainbow Lake Schoodic Lake Sebec Lake Seboeis Lake Seboomook Lake South Twin Lake Telos Lake Toddy Pond Upper Wilson Pond

Towns	Abbot Bangor Bradley Brewer Brooks Brownville Bucksport Burlington Carmel Charleston Danforth Dover-Foxcroft East Millinocket Eddington Enfield Frankfort Guilford Hampden Haynesville Hermon Howland Hudson Island Falls Kenduskeag Kingman Lee Levant Lincoln Macwahoc Mattawamkeag Medway Milford Millinocket Milo Monson Oakfield Old Town Orland Orono Orrington Passadumkeag Patten Prospect Sangerville Sherman Smyrna Springfield Veazie Verona Winn Winterport Wytopitlock

Landmarks	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Baxter State Park Fort Knox Gero Island Great Northern Paper Company Great Works Dam Hundred-Mile Wilderness Katahdin Iron Works Maine Central Railroad Monson Railroad Mount Katahdin North Maine Woods Orono Dam Peaks-Kenny State Park Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory Ripogenus Gorge Stillwater Dam University of Maine Veazie Dam Waldo–Hancock Bridge

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West Branch Mattawamkeag River

Mattawamkeag Lake

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