Lower Ebeemee Lake.
Lower Ebeemee Lake is situated mostly in the southeastern part of township 15 range 9, and is very irregular in shape being practically three different ponds joined by narrow channels. It drains into Pleasant River, a tributary of the Piscataquis. The most easterly one of the lakes has been examined with reference to diversion of water to Schoodic Lake. At the time of the observation, July 1907, the water surface of Ebeemee Lake was about elevation 425 feet above mean tide, or 5 feet lower than Schoodic Lake. The divide between these lakes rises perhaps about 30 or 40 feet above Ebeemee Lake.
There is said to be a dam about 50 feet long at the outlet of Ebeemee Lake controlling a head of 8 feet and used for log driving, which could be raised sufficiently to cause diversion as noted above. The distance across between the two lakes is between 1.5 and 2 miles, and such a diversion would afford an additional tributary drainage to Schoodic Lake. Considering the large fall of Schoodic Stream (over 200 feet in some 4 miles) this diversion may sometime be brought about.
This storage is also of importance in connection with power development on Pleasant River, and could be utilized for this purpose in connection with storage in "B" Pond, Silver Lake and Houston Pond in the same basin.
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