Millinocket Lake is northwest of
Millinocket, Maine, United States, and is drained by Millinocket Stream, which flows through the town of Millinocket into the
West Branch Penobscot River
The West Branch Penobscot River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 22, 2011 tributary of the Penobscot River through the North Maine Woods in Maine. The river ...
south of town. The lake is fed by Sandy Stream, which drains the southeastern slopes of Mount Katahdin by tributaries including Roaring Brook, Avalanche Brook, Spring Brook, Beaver Brook, and Rum Brook.
[ Sandy Stream is a good spawning habitat for rainbow smelt, which are a primary prey for lake trout and land-locked ]Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...
living in the lake.[
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References
{{Penobscot River
Lakes of Penobscot County, Maine
North Maine Woods
Lakes of Maine