Lobster Lake in the North Maine Woods was named because its shape resembles the outline of a lobster claw. The larger eastern arm of the lake extending southward is Big Claw and a smaller western arm is Little Claw. Lobster Stream connects the northwest corner of the lake to the West Branch Penobscot River 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north of the lake.[2] Lobster Lake and the river are at a similar elevation; so the West Branch may temporarily reverse flow through Lobster Stream into the lake during peak runoff events from the western Maine highlands along the Canadian border. The lake has self-sustaining populations of native lake trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon; but brook trout populations are suppressed by competition from yellow perch and white perch.[4]
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![]() ![]() Lobster Lake ![]() ![]() Lobster Lake | |
Location | Piscataquis County, Maine |
Coordinates | 45°51′N 69°32′W[1] |
Primary outflows | Lobster Stream |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 4.7 mi (7.6 km)[2] |
Max. width | 1.5 mi (2.4 km)[2] |
Surface area | 3,380 acres (1,370 ha)[3] |
Max. depth | 106 feet (32 m)[4] |
Water volume | 88,897 acre⋅ft (109,653,000 m3)[3] |
Surface elevation | 965 ft (294 m)[1] |
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