Nicatous Lake is located 65 miles north of Bangor. The lake is home to 34 miles of winding shores and sheltered coves, 76 unsettled islands and sandy beaches. Not to mention the 20,000 acres of woodlands. With a history that began in the 1880's, when logging families owned the islands and camps on the pristine lake, the lake remains a place of recreation and solitude.

Nicatous is actually a misspelling of the Indian word "Nicatowis" meaning little fork. It was originally the name of the fork where the Nicatous stream unites with the Passadumkaeg river, known as little fork to distinguish it from " the great fork" of the Penobscot at Medway.

The rightful name of Nicatous is Kiasobeak "the clear water lake", the perfect description of the lake of clear waters, sparkling and endlessly refreshing to the spirit, that we know so well.