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Rainbow Lake (Maine)

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vehicles. The lake has a small catchment basin and is surrounded by large granite boulders. The low nutrient input in this setting produces unusually clear water. The lake has a native population of
242:. Rainbow Stream discharges over a dam at the west end of the lake and flows 4 miles (6.4 km) south to Nahmakanta Lake. Nahmakanta Lake overflows through Nahmakanta Stream and 334: 606: 459: 1382: 406: 1325: 254:
follows Rainbow Stream and the south shore of the lake; but the old logging road to the dam has deteriorated with boggy areas no longer passable by
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Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04).
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rainbow Lake
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is the source of Rainbow Stream in Rainbow township in the
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Location of Rainbow Lake in Maine, USA.
Location of Rainbow Lake in Maine, USA.
Piscataquis County, Maine
45°49′N 69°07′W / 45.817°N 69.117°W / 45.817; -69.117
Lake type
Primary outflows
Basin
United States
Surface area
Water volume
acre⋅ft
North Maine Woods
Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes
Penobscot River
Appalachian Trail
four-wheel drive
brook trout


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rainbow Lake



ISBN
0-89933-035-5


"Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information"
University of Maine
the original

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