East Branch Penobscot River#Matagamon Lake
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{{Infobox river
| name = East Branch Penobscot River
| image =EastBranchPenobscotRiver.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| image_caption = East Branch Penobscot River, northeast of Millinocket, Maine.
| source1_location = Maine
| mouth_location = Penobscot River
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| subdivision_name1 = United States
| length = {{convert|75|mi}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|1000|ft}}
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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|240|ft|-1}}
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The East Branch Penobscot River is a {{convert|75.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed June 22, 2011 tributary of Maine's Penobscot River. It flows in Piscataquis County and Penobscot County.
Course
From its source ({{coord|46.2670|-69.2023 |format=dms |type:river_region:US-ME |name= East Branch Penobscot River source}}) in Maine Township 7, Range 11, WELS, in Piscataquis County, the river runs {{convert|17|mi}} southeast through the North Maine Woods to Grand Lake Matagamon reservoir, in the northeast corner of Baxter State Park. From Grand Lake Dam, the river runs {{convert|48|mi}} south to its confluence with the West Branch Penobscot River in Medway, Penobscot County.
Matagamon Lake
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| name = Grand Lake Matagamon
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| length = {{convert|8|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite book |title =The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer |publisher =DeLorme Mapping Company |edition =Thirteenth |date =1988 |location =Freeport, Maine |pages =51&57 |isbn =0-89933-035-5}}
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| area = {{convert|4868|acre}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pearl.maine.edu/Browseglobal.asp?PNI=LAKES_STREAMS&NoOfInputs=0&mode=DATA&TABLENAME=ADMIN_GMC03&action=DISPLAYFIELDS |title=Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information |access-date=2008-07-31 |author=Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife |date=2005-08-04 |publisher=Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903111335/http://www.pearl.maine.edu/Browseglobal.asp?PNI=LAKES_STREAMS&NoOfInputs=0&mode=DATA&TABLENAME=ADMIN_GMC03&action=DISPLAYFIELDS |archive-date=2006-09-03 |url-status=dead }}
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Grand Lake Matagamon or Matagamon Lake is a reservoir on the East Branch, impounded by Grand Lake Dam. The dam was built at the outlet of First Lake, and flooded vast expanses of low-lying land extending upstream to include Second Lake.
The shallow water habitat created by the dam is more suitable for yellow perch, fallfish, and longnose sucker rather than for trout.
See also
- {{C|Tributaries of the Penobscot River}}
- List of rivers of Maine
References
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- {{cite gnis |id=565563 |name= East Branch Penobscot River |entrydate=30 September 1980 |access-date=2010-05-23 }}
- [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/me/nwis/current/?type=flow Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS]
- [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/state.cfm?statepostal=ME Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency]
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{{Penobscot River}}
{{Rivers of Maine}}
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Category:Rivers of Penobscot County, Maine
Category:Rivers of Piscataquis County, Maine
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