Songo River

Songo River
Origin Maine
Mouth Sebago Lake State Park
Basin countries United States
Source elevation 268 ft (82 m)
Mouth elevation 267 ft (81 m)[1]
Basin area 114 sq mi (300 km2)

The Songo River is a 3.1-mile-long (5.0 km)[2] river in Maine with the only remaining operational lock of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal. The river flows from Brandy Pond at the south end of Long Lake into Sebago Lake at Sebago Lake State Park. Songo Lock controls the elevation of Long Lake and allows navigation of large boats between Long Lake and Sebago Lake.

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References

  1. ^ "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. http://www.pearl.maine.edu/Browseglobal.asp?PNI=LAKES_STREAMS&NoOfInputs=2&inputname0=WATERCODE&inputvalue0=5786&inputoperator0=et&inputsqlop0=and&inputname1=ENTITYTYPE&inputvalue1=LAKE&inputoperator1=et&inputsqlop1=and&mode=DATA&TABLENAME=ADMIN_GMC03&action=DISPLAYFIELDS. Retrieved 2008-07-31. 
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 30, 2011