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Sebago State Park

 Sebago Lake is the deepest lake in the state of Maine. The lake is about 316 feet deep with average depth of 107 feet. Sebago Lake is also Maine's second largest lake.

 it is located 20 miles northwest of Portland. It is heavily used for recreational purposes including swimming, boating, and fishing. It serves as a public water supply for approximately 160,000 people in the Portland area. The lake and associated wetlands provide habitat for a variety of wildlife. It is connected to Brandy Pond via the Songo River, and from Brandy Pond to Long Lake in Naples, Maine.

 The Sebago greater Lake region is a Great place for record fishing, miles of boating, canoeing or Kayak, Sebago Lake region is also a camping bonanza with a large selection of camps, cottages and motels. The name comes from the Indian tribe the Sebago of the Abenaki Native American tribes. see map below.

The lake contains natural populations of land-locked salmon and smelt. When the last major glaciers retreated, the entire watershed was under seawater, and populations of these marine animals became established as the land rose and sea waters retreated.

The Songo Lock, is the last existing of 28 locks built for the Cumberland and Oxford Canal.

 Sebago is the  home to 28 species of fish, Go to Maine Fishing News for more detailed info, Sebago Lake holds the rod and reel record for lake dwelling Atlantic salmon, 22.5 pounds, caught in 1907, Sebago Lake also has the present or former state record for brown trout, chain pickerel, lake whitefish and cusk. There is a abundance of Fish species that can be found in the  Lake.

Nearly 500 acres of wetlands are connected to the lake.

The Common loon, Canada goose, mallard duck, black duck, bufflehead, wood duck, common merganser, hooded merganser, great blue heron, American bittern, common snipe, greater yellowlegs, mink, otter, muskrat, raccoon, whitetail deer, moose, water shrew.

Upland animals near Sebago can include: black bear, oven bird, great horned owl, wood thrush, deer mouse, chipmunk, gray squirrel, red squirrel, woodland jumping mouse, northern flying squirrel, southern red-backed vole, red fox, gray fox, smoky shrew, white-tailed deer, moose, bobcat, snowshoe hare, long tailed shrew, porcupine, coyote, fisher.

Reptiles and amphibians that prowl near and in Sebago Lake include: spring peeper, gray tree frog, red spotted newt, bullfrog, painted turtle, snapping turtle.

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