Cobbosseecontee Lake information

**Lake Cobbosseecontee**
Lake Cobbosseecontee
	A postcard of Pernette Cove
	Lake Cobbosseecontee Lake Cobbosseecontee
Location	Kennebec County, Maine
Coordinates	44°15′N 69°56′W / 44.250°N 69.933°W
Type	Reservoir
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	9 mi (14 km)
Surface area	5,543 acres (2,243 ha)
Max. depth	100 ft (30 m)
Water volume	127,371 acre⋅ft (157,110,000 m3)
Shore length1	62 miles (100 km)
Surface elevation	167 ft (51 m)
Islands	Belle Island, Black Island, Blue Bell Island, Cuba Island, Frog Island, Goodwin Island, Grape Island, Green Island, Hersey Island, Hodgdon Island, Horseshoe Island, Island Park, Ladies Delight Light, Leclair Island, Long Island, Lower Sister Island, Lovers Island, Maple Ridge Island, Merrill Island, Molazigan Island, Packards Ledge, Pine Island, Pinkham Island, Richards Island, Scott Island, Sheep Island, Upper Sister Island
Settlements	Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, West Gardiner, Winthrop
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Cobbosseecontee, also known as Cobbossee Lake, is a lake located in the towns of Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, West Gardiner, and Winthrop in the U.S. state of Maine. It is the largest lake in the Winthrop Lakes Region at 100 feet (30 m) deep, covering about 8.7 square miles (23 km²) in surface area, a length of 9 miles (14 km), and a shoreline of 62 miles (100 km). The word Cobbosseecontee translates to "plenty of sturgeon" in Wabanaki.^[2]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cobbosseecontee Lake
^ John C. Huden, Indian Place Names of New England (New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1962), 55.

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cobbosseecontee Lake

[2] John C. Huden, Indian Place Names of New England (New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1962), 55.

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Lake Cobbosseecontee
A postcard of Pernette Cove
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Location	Kennebec County, Maine
Coordinates	44°15′N 69°56′W / 44.250°N 69.933°W / 44.250; -69.933
Type	Reservoir^[1]
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	9 mi (14 km)
Surface area	5,543 acres (2,243 ha)
Max. depth	100 ft (30 m)
Water volume	127,371 acre⋅ft (157,110,000 m³)
Shore length¹	62 miles (100 km)
Surface elevation	167 ft (51 m)

Islands	Belle Island, Black Island, Blue Bell Island, Cuba Island, Frog Island, Goodwin Island, Grape Island, Green Island, Hersey Island, Hodgdon Island, Horseshoe Island, Island Park, Ladies Delight Light, Leclair Island, Long Island, Lower Sister Island, Lovers Island, Maple Ridge Island, Merrill Island, Molazigan Island, Packards Ledge, Pine Island, Pinkham Island, Richards Island, Scott Island, Sheep Island, Upper Sister Island
Settlements	Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, West Gardiner, Winthrop
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.