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into the lake on its southern shore between Greenvale Cove and South Bog Cove. At 

 the southern end of South Bog Cove, South Bog Brook, some 5 miles or more in length, 

 discharges the waters of Mountain and Beaver Ponds. Mountain Pond is about one- 

 half of a mile long and somewhat less than one-fourth of a mile wide. Its outlet is over 

 i^ miles long, with a considerable pondlike expansion in its course, and joins the outlet 

 of Beaver Pond about three-fourths of a mile below the latter pond, to form South Bog 

 Brook. Beaver Pond is about five-eighths of a mile long and one-fourth of a mile wide. 

 Various small brooks enter the lake between South Bog Cove and the outlet. The 

 chief importance of many of them, and it is of considerable importance to the lake, is 

 that they afford shelter or nurseries, as it were, fo^r young trout. 



The permanent village of Rangeley is situated on Rangeley Cove, the terminus of 

 the Sandy River and Rangeley Lake Railroad. There are numerous sununer hotels, 

 public camps, and private summer residences, especially at the east end, along the north 

 shore and east end of the lake. About three-fourths of a mile from the outlet is the 

 comparatively recent village of Oquossoc, reached by the Rumford Falls and Rangeley 

 Lake branch of the Maine Central Railroad. 



MOOSELUCMAGUNTIC LAKE. 



This lake, sometimes referred to as Lower Rangeley and the Big Lake, is the 

 largest of the Rangeley chain. The upper part of Mooselucmaguntic now floods what 

 was formerly Cupsuptic Lake and extends from Cupsuptic River down about 4^ 

 miles to a narrow part of the lake, or just below the combined mouth of Kennebago 

 and Rangeley Streams. From Cupsuptic River to Upper Dam the distance is between 

 II and 12 miles; from the same stream to Bemis, about 16 miles; and from Bemis to 

 Upper Dam, about 7 miles. Before the lake was raised to its present level the separation 

 between the two lakes was much more marked than at present. The upper part runs 

 in a direction a little east of south and with irregular shores and deep bays. 



Mooselucmaguntic proper begins at the lower end of Cupsuptic Lake, about half a 

 mile above Haines Landing, not far from the village of Oquossoc, previously mentioned, 

 and runs almost due south for a little over 5 miles to Students Island. At the upper 

 fwrtion it is about a mile wide, but gradually broadens to the widest part of the lake 

 about 3f miles from the entrance to Cupsuptic Lake. The direct east and west line 

 from the head of Bugle Cove to the opposite shore is 3f miles, but in a northwesterly 

 direction to a point at the head of a small cove, just east of Wildwood Camps, it is 

 about 4yu miles. From the first line mentioned it narrows again to a line crossing 

 Students Island in a southeasterly direction from Braiidy Point, which is on the west 

 shore of the lake, 5 miles from Haines Landing. Here the lake takes a northwest direc- 

 tion, extending from the end of a cove near Bemis to the head of a cove on the southerly 

 side of Brandy Point. This portion is of fairly uniform width except in the coves men- 

 tioned, the widest part being at the Bemis end just southeast of Toothakers Island, 

 where it is 2^^ miles across. From Brandy Point to a point on the southwest shore at 

 the entrance to the outlet cove it is about iX miles. From the latter point to Upper 

 Dam, at the foot of Mooselucmaguntic Lake, it is just i mile. The narrows at the 

 entrance of Cupsuptic Lake are about one-half of a mile across, and it is about three- 

 fifths of a mile across to a point northwest of Haines Landing. The distance between 

 Students Island and Brandy Point is seven-tenths of a mile, and Students Island, 

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