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Long Pond. Stony Brook and Ingham Stream drain Moose Pond and Ingham Pond into the southern basin. Smaller tributaries like
Graveyard Brook and Sandy Cove Stream drain the eastern shores of the southern basin. The south end of Long Pond overflows through Belgrade Stream and Wings Mills Dam, reaching the south end of Messalonskee Lake after flowing 9 miles (14 km) eastward.
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At 8,239 acres (3,334 ha), Great Pond is the largest of the
Belgrade Lakes and forms the boundary between Rome to the north and Belgrade to the south. Tributaries Rome Trout Brook and Robbins Mill Stream enter the north end of Great Pond. Great Pond overflows westward approximately 1 kilometre
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south of the narrows is fifty percent deeper with cooler deep waters. There is a public boat launch area at the south end of the narrows. Tributaries
Whittier Brook and Beaver Brook drain Whittier Pond, Beaver Pond, Watson Pond, Round Pond, Kidder Pond, and McIntire Pond into the northern basin of
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to the southwest. It is the shallowest lake of the chain. North Pond tributaries include Sucker Brook and Clark Brook joining the overflow from East Pond, and Leech Brook, Bog Brook and Pattee Brook flowing into the north end of the pond. There is a public boat launch area near the outlet of Bog
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Messalonskee Lake is the deepest at 113 feet (34 m), and second largest of the
Belgrade Lakes with similar cold water habitat to the south basin of Long Pond. The north end of Messalonskee Lake overflows through Messalonskee Stream 10 miles (16 km) to the Kennebec River.
500:(1,100 yd) to the east side of Long Pond north of the narrows. Although Great Pond is more than twice as deep as the previous lakes in the chain, it similarly becomes uniformly warm through the summer and unsuitable for native trout or salmon.
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Brook. The south end of North Pond overflows through Great Meadow Stream, which forms the eastern border of Rome and western border of
Oakland and Belgrade for approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) before reaching the northwestern bay of Great Pond.
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in the deeper lakes; but tributaries lack sufficient spawning and nursery habitat to replace angling success. Attempts to sustain the salmon population by stocking hatchery fish caused dramatic decline in the late 1970s of the population of
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overflows westward approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) through the village of
Smithfield into the east side of North Pond. Algal blooms have been observed since the 1990s for about a week in June and again through the last month of summer.
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The 486-acre (197 ha) McGrath Pond and 562-acre (227 ha) Salmon Pond overflow into the east side of Great Pond. They have extensive shoreline development and are sometimes called the sixth and seventh
Belgrade Lakes.
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with greater tolerance for warm water lake conditions. Local interests seeking alternative angling opportunities illegally introduced
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684:"Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information"
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648:The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer
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1097:South Branch Sandy River
1092:South Branch Moose River
1598:Augusta Memorial Bridge
1112:West Branch Moose River
1087:South Branch Dead River
1067:North Branch Dead River
1032:East Branch Moose River
849:. Portland Press Herald
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282:253 ft (77 m)
246:3 mi (4.8 km)
147:263 ft (80 m)
480:to the northwest, and
1648:Maine Kennebec Bridge
1148:Cobbosseecontee Lake
262:20 feet (6.1 m)
127:27 feet (8.2 m)
908:"Messalonskee Lake"
688:University of Maine
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1593:Arnold Trail
1502:Saint Albans
1462:Norridgewock
1452:New Vineyard
1442:New Portland
1337:Chesterville
1256:Staples Pond
1251:Spencer Lake
1231:Narrows Pond
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1052:Little River
1047:Lemon Stream
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402:Water volume
386:Surface area
267:Water volume
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135:27,307
132:Water volume
116:Surface area
1377:Farmingdale
1204:Moose River
1202:Long Pond (
1193:Long Pond (
1188:Indian Pond
1158:Embden Pond
1133:Attean Pond
1077:Sandy River
1072:Roach River
1062:Moxie Falls
1057:Moose River
1005:Tributaries
807:"Long Pond"
716:"East Pond"
596:Secchi disk
580:brown trout
567:brook trout
565:focused on
551:white perch
378:Max. length
361: /
336:Coordinates
270:1,662
243:Max. length
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1713:Categories
1552:Waterville
1542:Vassalboro
1522:Smithfield
1477:Pittsfield
1447:New Sharon
1427:Manchester
1392:Greenville
1382:Farmington
1261:Unity Pond
1236:North Pond
1226:Moxie Pond
1183:Great Pond
1143:China Lake
1022:Dead River
698:2008-07-31
495:Great Pond
489:Great Pond
472:North Pond
465:Smithfield
445:Waterville
433:Great Pond
394:Max. depth
259:Max. depth
180:North Pond
156:North Pond
124:Max. depth
1581:Landmarks
1512:Skowhegan
1482:Readfield
1417:Kingfield
1397:Hallowell
1372:Fairfield
1271:Wyman Dam
1266:Wood Pond
1153:East Pond
999:Watershed
504:Long Pond
455:East Pond
315:Long Pond
291:Long Pond
43:East Pond
19:East Pond
1572:Woolwich
1567:Winthrop
1527:Stratton
1492:Rockwood
1487:Richmond
1472:Phillips
1432:Monmouth
1407:Hartland
1387:Gardiner
1332:Caratunk
1312:Belgrade
561:. Early
327:Location
192:Location
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1562:Winslow
1467:Oakland
1457:Newport
1422:Madison
1412:Jackman
1402:Harmony
1357:Detroit
1352:Corinna
1347:Clinton
1327:Burnham
1322:Bingham
1302:Augusta
602:Sources
563:angling
541:Fishing
461:Oakland
449:Augusta
407:acre⋅ft
349:69°54′W
346:44°32′N
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211:44°38′N
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76:44°38′N
1557:Wilton
1547:Vienna
1532:Strong
1507:Sidney
1437:Moscow
1367:Embden
1362:Dexter
1317:Benton
1297:Athens
1287:Albion
654:
478:Mercer
1698:Togus
1537:Unity
1517:Solon
1342:China
1292:Anson
1280:Towns
1121:Lakes
954:7 May
948:Maine
928:7 May
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195:Maine
59:Maine
1497:Rome
1307:Bath
956:2016
930:2016
894:2016
855:2016
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