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17-567: Bryant Pond may refer to: Bryant Pond, Maine, also known as Lake Christopher , a lake in Maine Bryant Pond, Maine , a village in Maine on the shores of Lake Christopher Bryant Pond (New York) , a lake in New York [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

34-416: A nearby spring on Route 26. There is a small shallow beach area at the northwest end of the lake and a boat ramp at southeast end. Although the lake is only a short distance away from South Pond, Maine on a map, there is no waterway connecting the two bodies of water. An infestation of the invasive plant called variable leaf milfoil ( Myriophyllum heterophyllum ), began in a cove on the northeast side of

51-605: A volume-to-surface area ratio of 33:1 (acre-feet to acres), one of the highest in Oxford County. Lake Christopher's inflow is mainly spring-fed. There is some inflow from two very small streams connected to small ponds on the east side of the lake. Outflow is a stream that becomes the Little Androscoggin River . Water from the lake is not ideal for drinking water, partially due to high levels of colored dissolved organic matter , so local residents get drinking water from

68-490: Is a two-mile long lake in western Maine . The lake is located in the towns of Woodstock and Greenwood in Oxford County , Maine. Lake Christopher sits directly northeast of Mount Christopher, a steeply sloped peak. This lake is very deep for its relatively small size compared to other Maine lakes. With a maximum depth of 63 feet (19 meters) deep, it has a volume of 9172 acre-feet and a surface area of only 276 acres, giving

85-576: The Plymouth Company , the coastal area between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers, as well as an irregular parcel of land between the headwaters of the two rivers, became the province of Maine in a 1622 land grant . In 1629, the land was split, creating an area between the Piscataqua and Merrimack rivers which became the province of New Hampshire . It existed through a series of land patents made by

102-705: The District of Maine from the rest of the Commonwealth. The following month, on July 19, voters in the district approved statehood by 17,091 to 7,132. The results of the election were presented to the Massachusetts Governor's Council on August 24, 1819. The Maine Constitution was unanimously approved by the 210 delegates to the Maine Constitutional Convention in October 1819. On February 25, 1820,

119-624: The District of Maine to manage its northernmost counties, bounded on the west by the Piscataqua River and on the east by the Saint Croix River. By 1820, the District had been further subdivided with the creation of Hancock , Kennebec , Oxford , Penobscot , Somerset , and Washington counties. A movement for Maine statehood began as early as 1785, and in the following years, several conventions were held to effect this. Starting in 1792, five popular votes were taken but all failed to reach

136-572: The General Court passed a follow-up measure officially accepting the fact of Maine's imminent statehood. At the time of Maine’s request for statehood, there were an equal number of free and slave states . Pro- slavery members of the United States Congress saw the admission of another free state, Maine, as a threat to the balance between slave and free states. They would support statehood for Maine only if Missouri Territory , where slavery

153-405: The brothers Christopher and Solomon Bryant, who originally settled the area. The first child born in the settlement was named Christopher Bryant Jr. The Bryant family played a large role in settling the area around the lake when Maine was still part of Massachusetts . Roads connected the lake to neighboring towns of Paris and Rumford in 1796. The railroad through town was added in 1851 as part of

170-562: The county led to its division in 1760 through the creation of Cumberland and Lincoln counties. The northeastern portion of present-day Maine was first sparsely occupied by Maliseet Indians and French settlers from Acadia . The lands between the Kennebec and Saint Croix rivers were granted to the Duke of York in 1664, who had them administered as Cornwall County , part of his proprietary Province of New York . In 1688, these lands (along with

187-627: The kings of England during this era, and included New Somersetshire, Lygonia , and Falmouth . The province was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1650s, beginning with the formation of York County, Massachusetts , which extended from the Piscataqua River to just east of the mouth of the Presumpscot River in Casco Bay . Eventually, its territory grew to encompass nearly all of present-day Maine. The large size of

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204-643: The lake in 2002. Over the years there has been a gradual recovery, with most milfoil eradicated by 2020. The lake is home to loons , herons , and many species of songbirds. Several species of fish dwell in the lake, including brook trout , largemouth bass , and landlocked salmon . Winter ice fishing is popular on this lake. There are two other lakes known as Bryant Pond in Maine, one in Hiram , Oxford county , and another in Fort Fairfield , Aroostook county . The names Bryant Pond and Lake Christopher come from

221-721: The necessary majorities. During the War of 1812 , British and Canadian forces occupied a large portion of Maine including everything from the Penobscot River east to the New Brunswick border with the goal of annexing them to Canada as the Colony of New Ireland . A weak response by Massachusetts to this occupation and possible British annexation contributed to increased calls in the district for statehood. The Massachusetts General Court passed enabling legislation on June 19, 1819, separating

238-630: The rest of New York) were subsumed into the Dominion of New England . English and French claims in western Maine would be contested, at times violently, until the British conquest of New France in the French and Indian War . With the creation of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692, the entirety of what is now Maine became part of that province. When Massachusetts adopted its state constitution in 1780, it created

255-451: The route to connect Portland, Maine to Montreal, Canada . The lake was historically referred to as Bryant's Pond in reference to the Bryant's Pond railroad station. There was a steam-powered spool mill built in 1875 on the shore of the lake. Oxford county was a lead producer of thread spools. Principal industries in the area surrounding the lake were listed as "lumbering and farming" in

272-521: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bryant_Pond&oldid=1050062063 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lake Christopher (Bryant Pond) Lake Christopher , also known as Bryant Pond ,

289-685: The year 1919. In the 20th century a large sawmill and clothespin factory operated on the eastern shore of the lake. The lake's location on the railroad route was historically important for summer tourism. The railroad, called the Grand Trunk Railroad or the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad , once a passenger rail, is still operating for cargo only. It runs from Grey, Maine to Bethel, Maine, Grafton Notch, through New Hampshire, and eventually to Canada, alongside route 26 for most of its path. District of Maine Originally settled in 1607 by

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