Torsey Lake
Trish is a real estate agent with Lakepoint Real Estate in Belgrade Lakes. Today, she had a showing on Torsey Lake in Readfield and Mount Vernon so we took the opportunity to paddle the lake and see all it had to offer. We arrived early and since the property is waterfront, I carried or equipment down and paddled around for awhile until she was finished. We paddled the Esquif Avalon today - of all the canoes we own, it’s my favorite tandem canoe.
Once we were both on the water we headed to the North section of the lake, following the shoreline and admiring the selection of old camps, new houses and undeveloped land. We paddled past a couple gems, these tiny old waterfront camps that have been standing for decades. That’s the dream one day, to have a little off grid retreat we can disappear into once in awhile.
Torsey is known for it’s good water quality. It’s a fairly clean lake and one of the reasons it remains that way is because there isn’t much development on it. There is one public boat ramp and the lake measures about 15 miles around. Overall it encompasses almost 700 acres and is the first major body of water in the Cobbossee Watershed.
If you want to learn more about the lake, checkout the Torsey Pond Association.
Towards the Southern part of the lake you get a good view of the Kent’s Hill School ski slope and you can paddle among the “floating islands” it’s known for. We didn’t get to explore this area long enough since a storm was rolling in, but hopefully we’ll be back for another paddle soon.
