Moose Pond
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Moose Pond is located in the towns of Bridgton, Denmark
Denmark, Maine
Denmark is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,004 at the 2000 census. A number of recreationally-used ponds and lakes are located within the town.-History:...

 and Sweden
Sweden, Maine
Sweden is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 324 at the 2000 census. Set among hills, forests and ponds, Sweden includes the village of East Sweden.-History:...

, in the state of Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

. Camp Winona, a camp for boys, Camp Wyonegonic, a camp for girls, and Shawnee Peak, a ski resort, are located on the lake.

Statistics

  • Total lake area - 1697 acres (6.9 km²)
  • Maximum recorded depth - 80 feet (24.4 m)
  • Mean depth - 20 feet (6.1 m)
  • Volume - 30722 acre.ft
  • Watershed - 11170 acres (45.2 km²)
  • Elevation - 418 feet (127.4 m)
  • Shorefront lots - 497
  • Approx 13 miles (20.9 km) long

Fishing

The lake supports landlocked salmon and lake trout
Lake trout
Lake trout is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, togue, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, they can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbellies and leans...

in the middle basin. The pond also supports populations of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, white perch, chain pickerel, hornpout, rainbow smelt, white sucker, fallfish, golden shiners, pumpkinseed sunfish and slimy
sculpin.

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