Cliff Lake is located in the Northwest Piscataquis unorganized territory and

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region, within

Piscataquis County Piscataquis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,800, making it Maine's least-populous county. Its county seat is Dover-Foxcroft. The county was incorporated on March 23, 1838, ta ...

in northern

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. The lake drains via Twin Lake and South Twin Brook into Churchill Lake, the source of the

Allagash River The Allagash River is a tributary of the Saint John River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 in northern Maine in the United States. It d ...

. It is home to many species of cold water fish.

Notes

* Lakes of Piscataquis County, Maine Allagash River North Maine Woods Lakes of Maine {{Maine-geo-stub