  {"id":16519,"date":"2020-09-07T18:01:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T22:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/?page_id=16519"},"modified":"2022-03-07T12:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:35:34","slug":"eagle-lake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/aroostook-county-maine\/st-john-valley\/eagle-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to Eagle Lake!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With less than 1,000 people, this small town in the St. John Valley is home to various recreational activities centered around its namesake body of water, Eagle Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Settled in 1840 by Acadian-French and Irish immigrants, Eagle Lake got its name from Major Strickland and his troops during the Aroostook War who was traveling north from Bangor and noticed many eagles around the lake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16524 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome to Eagle Lake\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-1536x1255.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-105x86.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-317x259.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-423x346.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-634x518.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-846x691.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-951x777.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2-1268x1036.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/09\/Welcome..-EL-2.jpg 1573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/aroostook-county-maine\/st-john-valley\/\">Return to St. John Valley Homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Eagle Lake! With less than 1,000 people, this small town in the St. John Valley is home to various recreational activities centered around its namesake body of water, Eagle Lake. 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