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The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is a 92.5-mile-long (148.9 km) protected area extending from Aroostook County, Maine into Piscataquis County, Maine. It is a ribbon of lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams of the Maine North Woods that includes much of the Allagash River. Canoeing, fishing, hunting, and camping are among the activities permitted. [2]
The Eagle Lake Tramway is a historic timber-transport mechanism in the remote North Maine Woods in northeastern USA. [2] The tramway, built in 1902 and operated until 1907, transported timber across a neck of land between Eagle Lake and Chamberlain Lake, with one end eventually becoming the eastern terminus of the Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad in 1927.
The Allagash River is a tributary of the Saint John River, approximately 65 miles (105 km) long, [1] in northern Maine in the United States. It drains in a remote and scenic area of wilderness in the Maine North Woods north of Mount Katahdin .
Eagle Lake is the first, largest, and deepest lake of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in the North Maine Woods. [4] The lake covers the eastern side of Eagle Lake township. The southern end of the lake extends into Maine township 7, range 12, where it receives overflow from Indian Pond, and into Soper Mountain township where it receives overflow from Haymock Lake via Smith Broo
Lew Dietz (22 May 1906 – 27 April 1997) [1] was an American writer, much of whose work centered on his native Maine.In a long career he produced 20 books and hundreds of magazine articles for Down East magazine (which he helped establish [2]), True, Yankee, Redbook, Coast Fisherman and Outdoors Maine among others.
Allagash is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It is on the Allagash River in the North Maine Woods region. The population was 237 at the 2020 census .
Location: Piscataquis County, Maine: Coordinates: 1]: Primary outflows: Webster Brook: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 14 mi (23 km) [2]: Max. width: 2 mi (3.2 km) [2]: Surface area: 10,932 acres (4,424 ha) [3]: Max. depth: 154 feet (47 m): Water volume: 473,380 acre⋅ft (583,910,000 m 3) [3]: Surface elevation: 942 ft (287 m) [1]: Chamberlain Lake is one of the largest and ...
Florida had 10 wilderness areas until their authorizing legislation was repealed in 1989. For federally designated wildernesses, see List of U.S. wilderness areas . There are also privately owned areas called wildernesses like the Nature Conservancy 's 12,000 acre (49 km 2 ) Disney Wilderness Preserve in Florida .