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The park was developed as a dairy farm by the Carver family in 1859. At one point, the 186-acre property had a house, barn, two silos, and sixty head of cattle. After most of the buildings burned down in 1927, the descendants of Captain George A. Carver offered the land to the State of Maine as a park in 1952. [4] [5] It opened in 1963. [6]
In 1963, the state made its first acquisitions of the land for the park with the purchase of 2,875 acres (1,163 ha) from Brown Company. The addition of 18 more parcels, many less than 5 acres, took place in the 1960s, mostly in 1964. The park boundaries were fixed with the addition of two one-acre parcels in 1977. [5]
Androscoggin Riverlands State Park - Cross-country Ski Trails, 12 miles (19 km); Turner; Androscoggin Riverlands State Park - Hiking Trails, 23 miles (37 km); Turner; Androscoggin Riverlands State Park - Mountain Biking Trails, 9.5 miles (15.3 km); Turner; Androscoggin Riverlands State Park - Snowshoe Trails, 6.2 miles (10.0 km); Turner
But then Rodger Black’s trail camera captured a wild creature “in the wee hours of the morning,” according to a Nov. 9 Facebook post from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
The harvesters pay for the timber based on a fixed stumpage schedule. Much of this revenue is returned to the community in lieu of property taxes. This management has produced significant increases in woodcock, grouse, bear, and moose populations. Approximately one third of the refuge is designated as federal wilderness.
Shackford Head State Park is a public recreation area on Moose Island in the city of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. The 87-acre (35 ha) state park occupies a peninsula that separates Cobscook Bay and Broad Cove. The land is named for John Shackford, an American Revolutionary War soldier who once owned the headlands. [3]
Birch Point State Park is a public recreation area occupying 62 acres (25 ha) on Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine. [3] The state park features a sandy, crescent-shaped "pocket beach" [ 4 ] with scenic views of the Muscle Ridge Islands dotting Muscle Ridge Channel. [ 5 ]
Peaks-Kenny State Park is a seasonal public recreation area covering 813 acres (329 ha) on the south shore of Sebec Lake, mostly located in the town of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. The state park grounds include a white sand beach at South Cove, 56 campsites, picnic area, hiking trails, and canoe and kayak rentals.