In April 1989, Mr. Drew Parkin of Land & Water Associates and Mr. John Lortie of Woodlot Alternatives delivered to the Maine State Planning Office a study report commissioned by the State of Maine.

The report is titled: Lake Beaches in Maine's Organized Towns. A Report Prepared for the Maine Critical Areas Program. Planning Report No. 88.

To conduct this study, in June 1988 Parkin and Lortie conducted an aerial photographic survey of natural beaches on 115 Maine lakes, including Sebago Lake. Their report states in part:

"Sebago Lake was the only lake found to have beaches that are potentially eligible for registration as Critical Areas. This lake has 9 beaches, the greatest number of beaches of any of the lakes flown .... Of all lakes surveyed, Sebago Lake was the only lake rated high for beach significance. It warranted this rating due to both the high number of beaches found along its shoreline and the high quality of individual beaches. The most striking beach is a large, broad, undeveloped shoreline beach located on the southeast lake shore. Most of this shoreline is protected from development by the Portland Water District. Sebago Lake also has an extensive spit beach, which is located on the north shore by Sebago Lake State Park. A beach on Frye Island is one of only a few significant lake island beaches in all of Maine and the only one of significance in the organized townships ....

The Report concluded:

"Sebago Lake's beach resources are clearly the most significant in the organized portion of the state and compare favorably with many unorganized area lakes found to have outstanding beach features. Based on the size, shapes, and natural integrity of Sebago's beaches, as well as the concentration of beaches on the lake, Sebago Lake's beach resources are clearly of statewide significance. While other lakes have an assortment of beaches, none of them were of the caliber of the Sebago beaches or beaches rated outstanding in the earlier Jones report."