The canal's Songo Lock facilities still control Long Lake water level.

Each November, Long Lake is drained by about three feet (0.91 m) so that melting snow does not cause a flood in the spring.

White, owned a vacation house on Long Lake in the North Bridgton section.

Long Lake is the story's opening setting, as well as origin of the mysterious mist.

While the official max depth is listed as 59 ft (18 m), there is a spring near Half Loon Bay, a small bay near Bridgton Academy, that registers as being 216 ft (66 m) deep, according to depth finders on multiple boats.