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Chesuncook (/ tʃ ɪ ˈ s ʌ n k ʊ k /, chih-SUN-kuuk) [2] is a small unincorporated settlement on the northwestern shore of Chesuncook Lake in rural central Piscataquis County, Maine. A small village, originally supporting logging operations in the area, has existed here since at least the time of Henry David Thoreau, who wrote about it in ...
Archeological Site No. 143-23 is a historic prehistoric camp site in Chesuncook, Maine that is part of the Penobscot Headwater Lakes Prehistoric Sites. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1995.
Chesuncook Lake is a reservoir in Piscataquis County, Maine, within the North Maine Woods. The lake was formed by the damming of the West Branch Penobscot River by dams built in 1835, 1903, and 1916 respectively. [ 1 ]
Gero Island is a large island on Chesuncook Lake in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The island is 3,175 acres (1,285 ha) in area, with all but 133 acres (54 ha) regulated. It is known for exemplary natural communities of slender rush as well as white pine forest and lower elevation spruce-fir forest.
Location of Piscataquis County in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Piscataquis County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
They named it Camp Phoenix. By 1898 newspapers were beginning to take notice of the quality of the fishing and hunting there. [2] By 1900 Albert was running a sporting camp in Chesuncook township, Piscataquis county, and Will McLain was working as a common laborer about 18 miles away in Township 4, Range 10, of the same county.
Log jam at Ripogenus Gorge during 1870s log driving.. The North Maine Woods is the northern geographic area of the state of Maine in the United States.The thinly populated region is overseen by a combination of private individual and private industrial owners and state government agencies, and is divided into 155 unincorporated townships within the NMW management area. [1]
Many were work or logging camps in the 1800s before they were converted into sporting camps, and guests often learn camp history by talking to the owners. [9] The popularity of sporting camps in Maine prompted outfitters and businesses such as L.L.Bean to provide hunters and anglers with gear that could withstand harsh Maine wilderness conditions.