College of the Atlantic Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert Discovering the Freshwater Gems of Maine's Largest Island

Name: College of the Atlantic Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert Discovering the Freshwater Gems of Maine's Largest Island
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ISBN: 9781583947975

ISBN-10: 1583947973

ISBN-13: 9781583947975

Edition: 2013

Authors: William V. P. Newlin, Kenneth S. Cline, Rachel Briggs, A. Addison Namnoum, Brett Ciccotelli

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Mt. Desert Island, located off the coast of Maine, is blessed with more than twenty-five lakes and forty streams, but most visitors to the island are attracted by its granite coast and never get to explore "the lake country." The revised and expanded edition of this one-of-a-kind guide is designed to give visitors the tools they need to get the most of this remarkable feature of Mt. Desert. In collaboration with students, graduates, and a professor from College of the Atlantic, author and longtime island summer resident William Newlin offers tips on what lakes are best for activities like boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking and provides readers the specific details…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 8/27/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Preface to the Second Edition


Introduction


Overview


Boating


Swimming


Fishing


Hiking and Biking


Picnicking


Maps


Mount Desert Isand


Seal Cove Pond


Long Pond


Echo Lake and Somes Pond


Jordan Pond and The Hadlocks


Eagle Lake


Witch Hole Pond and The Breaknecks


The Eastern Shore


Lakes


Aunt Betty Pond


The Bowl


Breakneck Ponds


Bubble Pond


Eagle Lake


Echo Lake


Halfmoon Pond


Hamilton Pond


Hodgdon Pond


Jordan Pond


Lake Wood and Fawn Pond


Long Pond (Little Long Pond)


Long Pond (Great Pond)


Lower Hadlock Pond


Round Pond


Sargent Mountain Pond


Seal Cove Pond


Somes Pond


The Tarn


Upper Hadlock Pond


Witch Hole Pond


Miscellaneous Small Ponds


Beaver Dam Pond


Chris's Pond


Duck Pond


Little Echo Lake


Little Round Pond


Mill Pond


Streams


Introduction


Breakneck Stream


Cromwell Brook


Duck Brook


Hadlock Brook


Hunters Brook


Jordan Stream


Kittredge Brook/Babson Creek


Little Harbor Brook


Marshall Brook and Bass Harbor Marsh


Northeast Creek


Old Mill Brook


Otter Creek


Somes Brook


Stanley Brook


Stony Brook/Lake Wood Brook


Selected Wildlife


Mammals


Turtles and Frogs


Fish


Birds


Plants


Epilogue: Whither Mt. Desert Island?


Resources


Selected Bibliography


Index


About the Authors