Story

Born on a Maine Lake

Some of the best ideas don't come from boardrooms or brainstorming sessions. They come from a still summer morning on a Maine lake, when the mist is hovering over the water and the only sound you can hear is the haunting, trembling call of a loon.

For our family, that lake is Panther Pond in Raymond, Maine — and it has been the backdrop of our most treasured memories for years. It's where our kids learned to swim, where friendships deepened over bonfires and boat rides, and where time seems to slow down in the best possible way. It's also where we fell completely in love with loons.

Panther Pond has a resident loon family, and every summer they return like old friends — gliding silently across the glassy surface, diving beneath without warning, and filling the early morning air with that unmistakable call that is the true sound of a Maine summer. Our kids would race to the dock the moment they heard it. We'd all stop whatever we were doing just to watch.

It was during one of those long, languid lake afternoons — the kind where nobody is in a hurry and the floats are drifting wherever the breeze takes them — that one of our kids looked up and said, "Why isn't there a loon float?"

We all laughed. And then we all went quiet, because the answer was obvious: there should be.

The loon isn't just a beautiful bird. It's the symbol of everything we love about life on a Maine lake. It belongs here. It is here — every summer, without fail, just like our family.

So we got to work. We sketched out a design that honored everything iconic about the loon — the bold black-and-white markings, the distinctive spotted back, that brilliant red eye. We wanted it to be something you could spot from across the water and smile at instantly. Something that felt like it belonged on a Maine lake just as much as the real thing.

The result is the LoonFloat — and we couldn't be more proud of it.

We are the same family behind Maine Lakes Vacation, where we offer luxury lake house rentals on the pristine shores of Panther Pond and Coffee Pond in Maine's stunning Sebago Lakes Region. Sharing the magic of lake life with others has always been at the heart of what we do — and the LoonFloat is just one more way we're bringing a little piece of that magic to lakes everywhere.

Whether you're floating on a Maine lake, a backyard pool, or anywhere in between, we hope the LoonFloat brings you the same joy, peace, and sense of summer wonder that a real loon brings to us every single year.

Welcome to the flock. 🖤🤍