Long Lake (Maine)

Part of a glacial lake chain

Long Lake is an approximately 23 kilometer long lake in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Its shores are due to the proximity of several small towns, especially the summer Naples at its southern tip, and the place Harrison on its northern tip, fully colonized. Every autumn, the lake is drained by one meter, to prevent flooding when the snow melts the next spring.

The Long Lake is part of an interconnected chain of lakes; be carried by runoff very short Chute River in the Brandy Pond, a small lake and from there to the Sebago Lake and over the Presumpscot River into the Atlantic Ocean at Portland. On influence in the Sebago Lake outflow, an artificial puncture called Songo Lock, which was made ​​in 1830 forms, together with a natural river a vast wetland, which is protected as Sebago Lake State Park. Through this puncture the Long Lake is accessible for ships.

• Lake in North America
• Lake in Maine
• Cumberland County ( Maine)
• Water System Gulf of Maine