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, United States, within the borders of

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. It is the largest of five bodies of water that make up the Chebacco Watershed. Chebacco Lake is designated as a

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, putting it under state ownership but remaining open to public use.

Popular culture

Chebacco Lake was used to portray the fictional Amoskeag Lake where the Earnshaw family's lake house settings was in the movie '' Grown Ups''.

References

External links

Salem State report (1998)

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