The Lake Anasagunticook Association (LAA) is a Maine non-profit organization that was formed in the fall of 1988 as the Canton Lake Association and became a 501(c)(3) organization in 2008. The association was formed to ensure development on the lake is consistent with the preservation of the quality and beauty that residents and summer visitors have experienced and want to maintain for the future. The LAA brings together people who care about Lake Anasagunticook and is funded by member donations and other fundraising activities.

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The association currently supports:

• Water quality monitoring for clarity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and total phosphorus;

• Identification training and searching for aquatic invasive plants that can clog a lake and make boating and swimming impossible;

• Participation in Maine’s LakeSmart program, a non-profit education and outreach program that rewards lakefront homeowners who manage their land to protect water quality and help identify ways that they may better develop their property to reduce or prevent lake pollution;

• Publishing a newsletter;

• Hosting an annual Lake Days celebration; and,

• Holding meetings.