The Destruction of Sebago Lake State Park Beach

May 6, 2000. High water levels flood and topple trees at Songo Beach at Sebago Lake State Park. Lake levels were exacerbated by a state lake level plan that maintains artificially high lake levels for much of the spring and summer.

Note the large tree stump circled in the lower photo. This is a 150 old year-old red pine that had been flooded and died the previous year. Park employees dragged the root ball and stump from the beach front to the picnic area for removal. This is the stump shown sitting on the beach in the previous set of photos.

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