Lake Leonard
Lake Leonard is a reservoir in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Lake Leonard is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ellsworth Falls, as well as near Joyville.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ellsworth Power House and Dam and Hancock County Jail.
Ellsworth Power House and Dam
Power station
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The Ellsworth Power House and Dam is a hydroelectric power generation facility on the Union River in Ellsworth, Maine. The dam, located just north of downtown Ellsworth, is also known as the Union River Dam, and impounds the river to create Leonard Lake, named for project's engineer, James Leonard.
Hancock County Jail
Prison
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The former Hancock County Jail is located at 40 State Street in Ellsworth, the county seat of Hancock County, Maine, United States. Built in 1885–86, it has a well-appointed living space for the jailer in the front, and a series of cells in the back.
Ellsworth Public Library
Library
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The Ellsworth Public Library is the public library serving Ellsworth, Maine. It is located at 20 State Street in the city's central business district in a historically and architecturally significant Federal style house built in 1817, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ellsworth and Central Hancock.
Ellsworth
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Ellsworth is a small city in Maine on the Union River. It is the county seat of Hancock County, with a population of about 6500 people. It was settled in 1763 and became a large lumber port and ship building center during the 19th century.
Central Hancock
Hamlet
Central Hancock, also known as Fletchers Landing, is an unorganized territory in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 132 at the 2020 census. The territory is designated as Township 8 Southern Division. Central Hancock is situated 4½ miles northeast of Lake Leonard.
Surry
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Surry is a small, rural town in Hancock County, in the US state of Maine, located on Blue Hill Bay, about 8 miles southwest of the county seat of Ellsworth, quite near Acadia National Park and adjacent to Blue Hill.
Lake Leonard
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.54508° or 44° 32′ 42″ northLongitude
-68.42946° or 68° 25′ 46″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87PHGHWC+26GeoNames ID
4969081
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