White Cap Mountain (Franklin County, Maine)

White Cap Mountain is a mountain

Mountain

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located in Franklin County

Franklin County, Maine

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2010, the population was 30,768. Its county seat is Farmington.Franklin County was established on 9 May 1838.-Geography:...

, 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...

, about one mile (1.5 km) east of the United States-Canada border with Québec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

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White Cap Mtn. is flanked to the south by Kennebago Divide

Kennebago Divide

Kennebago Divide is a mountain located in Maine's Franklin and Oxford counties. It is also known as North Peak of Kennebago Divide.Its highest peak is in Franklin County, about southeast of the Canada–United States border with Québec....

Mountain.

White Cap Mountain stands within the watershed

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

of the upper Androscoggin River

Androscoggin River

The Androscoggin River is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is in area...

, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay

Merrymeeting Bay

Merrymeeting Bay is a large freshwater tidal bay in Sagadahoc, Lincoln, and Cumberland counties, in the U.S. state of Maine. Merrymeeting Bay's unusual geography defies common landform terms. It is not what is usually meant by the word bay. It is somewhat like an estuary except for being fresh...

, the estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....

of the Kennebec River

Kennebec River

The Kennebec River is a river that is entirely within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river then flows southward...

, and thence into the Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine

The Gulf of Maine is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of North America.It is delineated by Cape Cod at the eastern tip of Massachusetts in the southwest and Cape Sable at the southern tip of Nova Scotia in the northeast. It includes the entire coastlines of the U.S...

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The north face of White Cap Mountain drains via a stream into the Kennebago River

Kennebago River

The Kennebago River is a river in northwestern Maine. It is a tributary of Cupsuptic Lake, an arm of Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Via a chain of lakes and the Rapid River, it is part of the Androscoggin River watershed.-References:**...

, thence into Cupsuptic Lake, through a series of lakes into the Rapid River

Rapid River (Maine)

The Rapid River is a river in the northwestern portion of the US state of Maine flowing from Lower Richardson Lake to Umbagog Lake. Despite its short length, it forms the end of a major portion of the Umbagog Lake and Androscoggin River watersheds...

and Umbagog Lake, the source of the Androscoggin River.
The southeast end of White Cap drains into Bear Brook, and thence into the Kennebago River.
The southwest side of White Cap drains into Porter Brook, thence into the Cupsuptic River

Cupsuptic River

The Cupsuptic River is a river in Maine. It flows from its source near the Canada – United States border to Cupsuptic Lake, the northern arm of Mooselookmeguntic Lake, which drains via other lakes into the Androscoggin River...

and Cupsuptic Lake. The mountain can be approached by logging roads. Anyone wishing to climb Whitecap would be well advised to get in touch with the Appalachian Mountain Club

Appalachian Mountain Club

The Appalachian Mountain Club is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C...

Four Thousand Footer Committee for route information.

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