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Wequaquet Lake Location in Massachusetts
Location	Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°40′17″N 70°20′20″W / 41.6713876°N 70.3389619°W / 41.6713876; -70.3389619
Primary outflows	Centerville River

Surface area	654 acres (265 ha)
Average depth	14 feet (4.3 m)
Max. depth	32 feet (9.8 m)
Shore length¹	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Surface elevation	33 feet (10 m)

Settlements	Hyannis
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Wequaquet Lake is a 654 acres (265 ha) unstratified warmwater lake in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is located northwest of Hyannis with a dam at Phinneys Lane. Wequaquet Lake drains south via Centerville River which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Wequaquet Lake is also known as Chequaquet Lake, Great Pond or Nine Mile Pond. The bottom is composed primarily of sand. The 7.5 miles of shoreline is heavily (90%) developed with cottages and year-round homes. Bearse Pond is connected to Wequaquet Lake by a narrow channel, other nearby ponds include Hathaways Pond and Shallow Pond.

Fishing

Fish species present in the lake are pumpkinseed, yellow perch, golden shiner, brown bullhead, American eel, alewife, white sucker, banded killifish, chain pickerel and largemouth bass. The alewife population is sea-run, entering via the Centerville River.

Locations

Fuller Point
Lewis Point
Hayes Point
Great Point
Little Point
Long Point
Gooseberry Island
Huckins Neck
Nyes Point
Nyes Neck
Stoney Point
Point Shirley

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