Beddington Lake

Beddington Lake
Beddington Lake
Location	Washington County, Maine, United States
Coordinates	44°49′14″N68°03′00″W / 44.820495°N 68.049957°W Coordinates: 44°49′14″N68°03′00″W / 44.820495°N 68.049957°W [1]
Lake type	Glacial
Primary inflows	Narraguagus River
Primary outflows	Narraguagus River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	2.2 mi (3.5 km)
Max. width	0.6 mi (0.97 km)
Surface area	393 acres (159 ha)
Average depth	19 ft (5.8 m)
Max. depth	59 ft (18 m)
Water volume	7,119 acre foot (8,781,000 m3)
Shore length1	11.4 mi (18.3 km)
Surface elevation	240 ft (73 m)
Islands	5+
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Last updated March 13, 2019

Beddington Lake is a lake in Washington County, Maine, United States. It is located less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the Hancock County border, near the town of Beddington and the intersection of Maine State Routes 9 and 193. The outflow and primary inflow to Beddington Lake is from the Narraguagus River. There are a number of unpaved roads and private residences surrounding the lake.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32,856, making it the third-least populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Machias. The county was established on June 25, 1789. It borders the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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Upper Lead Mountain Pond is a lake in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is located less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the Lead Mountain and 0.25 mi (0.40 km) north of Maine State Route 9 near the town of Beddington. The inflow to Bear Pond comes from several small stream, and it drains via a small 500 feet (150 m) stream to Middle/Lower Lead Mountain Pond. Several unpaved roads provide access to the lake and private residences surrounding it. The Lake is surrounded by forest and supports several fish, including landlocked Atlantic salmon, brook trout, white perch, yellow perch, and chain pickerel.

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The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM) is an experimental forest operated by the University of Maine in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The BBWM focuses around the two small first order branches of Bear Brook on the southeastern slopes of Lead Mountain above Bear Pond. Two years of monitoring studies began in 1987, after which the two watersheds of East and West Bear Brook were determined to be nearly identical. The West Bear Brook watershed was experimentally acidified with ammonium sulfate every other month from November 1989 until August 2016 to study the effects of sulfur and nitrogen acid deposition. East Bear Brook has been used as an untreated reference. Related research topics at BBWM include climate change, carbon sequestration, base cation depletion, and watershed biogeochemistry. There are two USGS stream gauges on the East and West Branches of Bear Brook.

References

↑ "Beddington Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 18, 2012.
↑ Lead Mountain, ME (Map). USGS. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Beddington Lake". Lakes of Maine. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
↑ "Beddington Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Retrieved December 18, 2012.

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[1] "Beddington Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 18, 2012.

[2] Lead Mountain, ME (Map). USGS. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[3] "Beddington Lake". Lakes of Maine. Retrieved December 18, 2012.

[4] "Beddington Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Retrieved December 18, 2012.