Where We Live

Most of the lake is in Davis Township (T3R3). Bud Russell Rd. goes from Davis Township into Lang Township (T2R3), into Dallas Plantation (T2R2), where it ends at Loon Lake Rd. The north end of the lake is in Stetsontown (T3R4).  See More Maps for more maps of Davis and adjacent towns.

Except for the school lot, the remainder of Davis Township is owned by the Pingree family, managed by Seven Islands Land Company, and is included in a conservation easement granted to the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF). The township includes about 80% of Kennebago Lake, several miles of the Kennebago River and the road beside it below the dam, Flatiron Pond, John’s Pond, Kamankeag Pond, and the last two miles or so of our road as it comes into camp.

The Mountains

Kennebago Lake is particularly picturesque because it is surrounded by mountains rather than flatlands. East Kennebago Mountain is a monadnock when viewed from the east. [A monadnockis a hill or mountain standing alone on a plain.] East Kennebago Mountain borders the eastern edge of the lake, and West Kennebago Mountain is at the northwest edge of the lake. Spotted Mountain overlooks the southern edge of the lake. Black Cat Mountain, visible from the tennis court, is a southwest spur of East Kennebago Mountain.

Kennebago River

The source of the Kennebago River begins near the Quebec border. Kennebago Stream flows from Big Island Pond in Seven Ponds township, into Little Kennebago Lake. The river flows out of Little Kennebago to the Logans, at the causeway over the outlet of Kennebago Lake. [Logan is a term unique to the northeast US, meaning marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream.] The Logans end at upper (Mahaney) dam. [The upper dam on Kennebago River is sometimes called middle dam, which is an utterly confusing name because the 3rd planned dam was never built.] The lower Kennebago River begins at the lower (Kennebago Falls) dam and empties into Cupsuptic Lake. There are numerous deep pools in the river, where the brook trout feed.

Tributary Streams

There is often good fishing at the mouths of brooks that empty into the lake. Big Sag flows from the northwest side of East Kennebago Mountain into the north end of the lake. Closer to our end, Flatiron Stream drains Flatiron Pond, to the west, and Wilber Brook comes down from the southeast side of East Kennebago Mountain. Blanchard stream flows from Blanchard Pond into the lagoon behind back beach in Blanchard Cove. Other streams flow from Spotted Mountain into the lake.

Where the Water Flows

The outlet of the lake is the Kennebago River, which flows into Cupsuptic Lake, into Mooselookmeguntic, over “Upper Dam”, into Upper Richardson Lake, to Lower Richardson Lake. The outlet of the Richardson Lakes is the six mile long Rapid River, which empties into Umbagog Lake, the lowest lake in the Rangeley chain of lakes. Umbagog is the source of the Androscoggin River, which empties into the Kennebec River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean.