Maine Lakes and Ponds with Restricted Motorboat Use
April 22nd, 2009 categories: Lake Community News, Maine Waterfront Living, Observations and Commentary
We often get asked by Maine lakefront property buyers what the restrictions are on the bodies of water they are buying on. The restrictions have to do with whether or not motor boats are allowed on a body of water and, if so, if there is any limitation on the size, or horsepower, that is allowed. Here is a list for your reference:
MOTOR SIZE RESTRICTIONS ON INTERNAL WATERS
No motorboats allowed:
- Cushman Pond, Lovell,
- Horseshoe Pond, Denmark
- Boston Pond, Denmark
- Bradley Pond, Lovell
- Trout Pond, 13R5
- Wylie Pond, Boothbay
- Little Kennebago Lake, T3R4
- Upper Dam Pool, T4R1 (from gates of dam, downstream or westerly 150 yards)
- Durgin Pond, T2RG BKP WKR
- Little Berry Pond, T2R6 BKP WKR
- Lone Jack Pond, 12RS BKP WKR
- Round Pond, T1 R6 BKP WKR
- Fry Pan Pond, T2R5 BKP EKR
- Blood Pond, T2R13 WELS
- Loon Lake, Rangeley and Dallas Townships
- Martin and/or Long Pond, The Forks Pit
- Big Brook from Burt Garrity Road in T13 R1O WELS to and including Big Brook Lake in T14R1O WELS
- Simpson Pond, Roque Bluff
- Southern most part of Thompson Lake separated from the main body by a causeway known as The Heath, Casco
- Little Pond, Damariscotta
- Moxie Long Bog, Bald Mountain twp.
- Clay Pond, Fryeburg
- Watson Pond, Rome Twp.
- Walton’s Mill Pond, West Farmington
- Sand Pond, Limington Twp.
- Saddleback Lake, Dallas Plt.
- Hooper Pond (Little Sabattus), Greene
- Adams Pond, Boothbay
- Levenseller Pond, Searsrnont
- Portage Lake, T13R6 WELS, that portion known as the Floating Island Area, north and westerly of a line beginning at the eastern edge of the marshy peninsula running out from Hutchinson Ridge, running 50 yards outside of the floating islands in a northerly direction to the mouth of Mosquito Brook
- Quimby Pond, Rangeley
- Jerry Pond, so called, situated within the boundaries, or having a shoreline abutting, the incorporated municipality of Millinocket and the unincorporated Townships being TlR7 and TAR7
- Upper and Lower Ox Brook Lakes in the towns of T6ND, T6R1 and Talmadge
- Snow’s Pond (as referred to in the Dunham-Daves Work Plan) situated west of Rt. 7, Dover-Foxcroft
- Lily Pond, Edgecomb
- Nesowadnehunk (Sourdnahunk) Little, T5R11
Motorboats with more than 6 horsepower prohibited:
- Perley’s Pond, Denmark
- Little Pond, Denmark
- Ell and/or L Pond, Sanford and Wells
- Black Lake, Fort Kent
- Farrington Pond, Lovell
- Heald Pond, Lovell
- Horseshoe Pond, Stoneham and Lovell
- Haley Pond, Rangeley Twp. and dllas Plt.
- Rich Mill Pond, Standish
- Boyd Pond, Bristoll
- Harriman Pond, Dedham
- Long Pond, Denmark
Motorboats with more than 10 horsepower prohibited:
- Lower Range Pond, Poland
- Sand Pond, Sanford
- East Carry Pond, T2R3
- West Harbor Pond, Boothbay Harbor
- Five Kezar Ponds: (Mud, Little Mud, Back, Middle and Jewett Ponds located singly or jointly in Waterford, Stoneham and Lovell)
- Timoney Lake, Oakfield and Smyrna
- McKenney Pond, Holeb Township
- Big Fish Pond, Holeb Township
- Barrett Pond, Holeb Township
- Turner Pond, Forsythe Township
- Little Turner Pond, Forsythe Twp.
- Long Pond, Forsythe Township
- Arnold Brook Recreation Watershed Lake In Presque Isle
- Lard Pond, Turner
- Echo Lake, Mount Desert
- Stevens Pond, Liberty
- Moulton Pond, Dedham
- Mainstream Pond, Harmony
- Hobbs Pond (Little Pennessawassee), Norway
- Toddy Pond, Brooks, Waldo County
- Knickerbocker Pond, Boothbay
- Eagle Lake and Jordan Pond, Mt. Desert Island
- Long Pond, Twp. E and Twp. D
Motorboats with more than 10 horsepower prohibited from June 1 to September 15:
- Little Black River tributary to the St. John River in Aroostook County
Motorboats with internal combustion engines prohibited:
- Garland Pond, Sebec and Dover-Foxcroft
- York Pond, Eliot
- Mt. Blue Pond, Avon
- Sewell Pond, Arrowsic
- Nokomis Pond, Newport and Palmyra
Allagash Wilderness Waterway
- Canoes only - with motor not to exceed 10 h.p. from Lock Dam north to West Twin Brook
- No restriction on motorboats of any type on Telos Lake, Round Pond (T6R11) and Chamberlain Lake
- Canoes only - no motors - on Allagash Lake and Allagash Stream down to Chamberlain Lake.
Baxter State Park
- No motorboats allowed except on Webster and Matagamon Lakes.
Lt. G. Manuel Wildlife Area, Hodgdon, Maine
- No motorboats allowed.
Please don’t hesitate to contact your friends at Mr. Lakefront to get any additional clarification, more information, or get an update. If you want to take a look at some great lakefront property it’s easy to get started by just clicking on our Lakefront Locator. Thanks!
Tom - MrLakefront
