Talk:Moosehead Lake

Different Sugar Island
Note that the link to Sugar Island at the end of the third paragraph is to a different Sugar Island in Michigan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.133.140 (talk) 16:30, 25 April 2005 (UTC)


 * Fixed - NightThree 13:49, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

Not second largest
How can this be the second largest lake in the US after Lake Okeechobee? Lake Michigan is east of the Mississippi, entirely within the US, and it's much bigger than both of these lakes. --Schzmo 12:30, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * You're right-- that doesn't sound right. Maybe second largest freshwater lake entirely enclosed within the boundaries of one state, or something like that.  This requires some research! JamesofMaine 13:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Allrighty... The Moosehead Chamber of Commerce website claims that "Moosehead Lake... is the largest lake east of the Mississippi contained within one state." (emphasis mine) This article states that Moosehead is approx 120 sq miles in area, while the Lake Okeechobee article gives that lake's area as 730 sq miles.  However, Okeechobee is extremely shallow, whereas Moosehead is quite deep in some places.  So the claim of "largest" depends on whether you go by area alone, or by volume.  Expert help, anyone? JamesofMaine 14:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * This claim seems to be false as well, re: Lake Okeechobee (730 sq mi), Lake Pontchartrain (630 sq mi), Lake Winnebago (215 sq mi), and several larger lakes in Minnesota that may or may not count as "east of the Mississippi", depending on where you draw the northern line. "Largest lake" typically means "in area".  Then there are lots of large artifical lakes.  Moosehead Lake itself is dammed and partially artifical in being controlled reservoir-style.  So the claim may have to be something like "...in area, second largest freshwater lake completely contained within one state and not totally artifically created by a dam".  Personally, I find these kind of highly qualified claims of being the 2nd, 6th, or whatever largest lake to sound like local chamber of commerce boosterism or tourist brochure.  Chambers of Commerce are the 6th leading source of misinformation!  "Largest lake in Maine" seems good enough, no?  Pfly 03:04, 6 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Sounds alright to me... I don't think JamesofMaine would object (Even though he's no longer active here, let's just say I know the guy pretty well *cough* *cough*). Ripogenus77 14:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio?
Is it OK that so much of the text seems to be copied verbatim from the reference's "Local history" page? --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 17:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Heck no. Removed, thanks. -- Visviva 14:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

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