BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 13, 2020
Dotted with boulders and small islands, Millinocket Lake is a large body of water that lies just south of Baxter State Park, providing stunning views of Katahdin and other mountains within the park. While navigating can be difficult in some areas due to an abundance of large submerged rocks, the lake is a popular place for paddling, fishing, swimming and wildlife watching. Millinocket Lake shares its name with the nearby town of Millinocket, which lies just south of it. The word “Millinocket,” in the language of Maine’s Abenaki people, roughly translates to “land with many islands.”