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Bauneg Beg Lake is located about midway
between the towns of Sanford and North
Berwick. The pond lies within a heavily
populated area of the State and its shorelines are heavily developed.
This pond is actually a shallow impoundment of the Great Works River.
Summer water quality conditions are unsuitable for coldwater gamefish and this pond is managed for existing warmwater species. Bass and pickerel provide plenty of angling opportunity and the pond supports a large
population of white perch.
Nutrient loading from the Great Works River
system has created a eutrophic situation, and
Bauneg Beg Lake has been plagued with
extensive weed growth and algae blooms for
several decades. Treatments with copper
sulfate were periodically used from the 19S0's
to 1970's. Chemical treatments were
discontinued and mechanical harvesting was
occasionally conducted in the 1980's and
1990's .. In addition, improvements in water
treatment facilities and storm water treatment has reduced nutrient influxes from the river system.
There is no public access facility for Bauneg
Beg Lake. Purchasing and developing access is
a continuing priority of this department.