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has anyone done dives on the towns that were covered over in 1948 by central maine power? I am thinking about checking it out and I am wondering if it is worth the drive.....
flagstaff lake Maine
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Fellow Board Member Costi did this research when the same though came up early this spring:
Oh, by the way, after doing a lot of research on Flagstaff, by way of speaking to a couple of inn owners, locals, a tour boat operator, and finally the ranger who is in charge of raising and lowering the lake as needed (which is when the rafters on Dead River need a head of steam, or in prep for winter, or too much water in the spring),we learned a few things,
1. The town was dismantled prior to flooding. When the water was lowered thirty years ago, scavengers took pretty much anything that had been left. Foundations filled with sand remain.
2. The ranger's son has dived it, and claims that the water is alway chocolate brown with almost zero vis due to the fluctuating water levels.
3. Water level at the maximum depth is possibly twelve feet, and drops enough from time to time that you can walk around the area.
Pete
Oh, by the way, after doing a lot of research on Flagstaff, by way of speaking to a couple of inn owners, locals, a tour boat operator, and finally the ranger who is in charge of raising and lowering the lake as needed (which is when the rafters on Dead River need a head of steam, or in prep for winter, or too much water in the spring),we learned a few things,
1. The town was dismantled prior to flooding. When the water was lowered thirty years ago, scavengers took pretty much anything that had been left. Foundations filled with sand remain.
2. The ranger's son has dived it, and claims that the water is alway chocolate brown with almost zero vis due to the fluctuating water levels.
3. Water level at the maximum depth is possibly twelve feet, and drops enough from time to time that you can walk around the area.
Pete
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