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Homeowner’s
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Lake, Maple Ridge Island 119 Maple Ridge Drive, Monmouth, Maine 04259-7334 Hosted By: mapleridgelive.com Cobbosseecontee (Cobbossee) Lake Maine Menu Page Menu Cobbosseecontee
Lake is known for its beautifully irregular shape, which consists of numerous
glacial coves, jetties, and islands. The Lake has the only active inland
waters lighthouse in Maine, known as Ladies' Delight Light. See the full description of The Lake below. Cobbosseecontee (Cobbossee) Lake Page Menu Main Menu Cobbosseecontee Lake Description Cobbosseecontee Lake Satellite
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Description (Copied from: wikipedia.org
) Cobbosseecontee Lake is
known for its beautifully irregular shape, which consists of numerous glacial
coves, jetties, and islands. It also has the only active inland waters
lighthouse in Maine, Ladies' Delight Light. The 25-foot
(7.6 m) high lighthouse, constructed in 1908, is under the ownership and
care of the Cobbosseecontee Yacht Club. Founded in 1904, the club is one of
the oldest continually operating inland yacht clubs in the United States.
Today, the CYC mission is to maintain and preserve the lighthouse. The
lighthouse marks the northern edge of a jagged underwater reef that runs down
the middle of the lake. The archipelago of islands and exposed ledges are the
visible high points of that reef. A state-owned public launch is located on
the southwest shore of the lake in East Monmouth. Low hills and ridges
surround the lake, and Monks Hill and Allen Hill rise a few miles north of
the lake, while a gray line of hills form a barrier near The Town of Sabattus, Maine. There are many year-round
homes and cottages along the shoreline, with some new developments and gentrification having occurred steadily since
the 1990s. The lake is home to Camp Cobbossee, Camp Kippewa, Pilgrim Lodge, and the YMCA Camp of Maine and
had been the site of Camp Yukon, which is now just called Yukon Cottages, but
which had been founded by Chief Smith in the year 1914 and served several
generations of kids as a sleep away summer camp for kids from 6 years of age
to teenagers who served as junior counselors. Location The
Lake extends North for about nine miles from Maple Ridge Island in Monmouth, Maine
to its north shore in Manchester, Maine just off State Route 202. The lake
has many islands, with “Bluebell” island as seen below just to the north of
Maple Ridge Island, from the Deck at 119 Maple Ridge Drive. Cobbosseecontee Lake is one
of the largest lakes in Central Maine bounded by the towns of Manchester,
Monmouth, Litchfield, West Gardiner, and Winthrop. Photos / Graphics A postcard of Ladies
Delight Light House on the lake (from Wikipedia)
Bluebell Island as viewed from
the Open-Air Deck of the home at 119 Maple Ridge Drive, Monmouth, Maine
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Cobbosseecontee Lake Satellite Image (From
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References / Links Cobbosseecontee Lake State of Maine Information Cobbosseecontee Lake (Anyplace America) https://cobbossee.lakesonline.com/Maps/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobbosseecontee_Lake Page File Information G:\MRL\119MRD_WS\Cobbosseecontee_Lake.htm |
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