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Jackman
Jackman, Maine
In the west sits Jackman, home of the renowned wild and scenic Moose River. Sometimes referred to as the Switzerland of Maine, Jackman lies at the edge of a tranquil lake in sight of the Boundary Mountains with Quebec. While busy during fishing, hunting and canoeing season, Jackman really comes alive during the winter, when snowmobiles outnumber cars on the busy Main Street.
Farther south sits the village of The Forks, at the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead Rivers. It is Maine’s whitewater rafting headquarters and has more rafting companies per capita than anyplace else.
Greenville, Maine
Greenville is the centerpiece, the hub at the south end of massive Moosehead Lake, Maine’s largest freshwater body. the town is home to Mount Kineo, a towering flint edifice that has attracted visitors since prehistoric times. Here the cove nearest town buzzes daily with the sound of seaplanes taking off and landing on trips to the more remote camps and ponds scattered across millions of acres of undeveloped land. Greenville too, like all communities in this part of Maine, sports unique seasonal personalities. Summer brings its own crop of visitors, as does winter, with snowmobilers and ice fishermen invading at the first sign of lasting snow.
North of Greenville, along the fabled Golden Road roads reach out in every direction. The Golden Road is actually a dirt highway through the wild where lumber rigs four trailers long have the right of way, even at speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour. Here, those in the know visit remote Telos Lake, a body of water that played a pivotal role in the state’s lumbering history when it and surrounding waters were harnessed to make streams flow in reverse and send logs from the remote Allagash region to Bangor instead of Canada. From this one lake a canoeist can, with no portage of more than two miles, traverse three of the state’s mightiest river systems – the Allagash, Kennebec and Penobscot.
Millinocket, Maine
To the east lies Millinocket, a proud paper mill town that is gateway to Baxter State Park. The park’s 205,000 acres of pristine wilderness incorporates Maine’s highest peak, mile-high Katahdin, which looms over an ocean of greenery.
Maine’s Great North Woods require more effort to reach and may not always offer as many creature comforts as other parts of the state. But that is usually just fine with those who seek to cast off the burdens of civilization and find escape in true wild lands.
Last updated November 26, 2010
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