This is one of the hidden places of Maine, here beneath the lake lies a drowned old village by the same name as the lake, Flagstaff village. The Flagstaff lake is located in between Somerset County and Franklin County, it is the fourth-largest lake in the state of Maine. It's a 20,300 acres lake that occupies runoff from 520 square miles of the Upper Dead River Watershed. Many locals found this lake a haunted place so they avoided it. There are many stories circling the lake.

History of an underwater Flagstaff Village

The lake earlier was a village named Flagstaff village. Till the early 1950s, the Flagstaff village existed where today’s Flagstaff lake lies. The first settlers of the Flagstaff village were Benedict Arnold and his men. They came here in 1800 for the rich soil found in the dead river and also for the timber resources. They build grist mills and sawmills in this area. The community stayed there until 1949 before the government planned to build the dam. But after the dam was built the whole village was flooded. and within 1948 the whole village was cleared from here. CMP made a hydropower dam over the whole village. This hydropower dam consolidates Main's electricity.At that time Maine's legislature Wayman purchased all the lands from the villagers and announced this place a flood zone and then signed up for the dam. By the year 1949, the whole village was burned down and nothing was left, the whole place was covered in smoke and grill.

Importance of Flagstaff Lake 

In 1950 the Long Falls Dam was built in Flagstaff Lake. It is important for regulating water flow into the Kennebec river basin. When building the dam the lake also expanded and turned into a reservoir and used to make hydropower electricity by regulating the flow of the Dead river into the Kennebec River. In the early times, river drive was used for delivering timber to the pulp mills downstream. In later years new highways and the trucking industry have replaced the river drive.

Isolated Flagstaff Lake

Flagstaff Lake acquires parts of the deserted and now sunken townships of Flagstaff. The Dam had no electricity or generator. In 1959 a mid-air collision occurred over the lake during the exercise of the United States Air Force. A Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star and Convair F-102 Delta Daggers have clashed in the mid-air. The T-33 crew ejected, but the rear crew died when he tangled in his parachute and landed upside down. The front half of the T-33 was found in the lake in 1959 and the remaining part was discovered and the other part was discovered in later years and in 1979 the F-102 aircraft remains were discovered but the pilot of F-102 was never found. People believed that their ghosts were haunting this lake from then.