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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]
The Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District encompasses a series of important archaeological sites in a remote area of northern Maine, United States.These sites offer evidence of human habitation dating to not long after the retreat of the glaciers following the Wisconsin glaciation, with extensive stone tool workshops working with red chert found in abundance in the area.
Gulf Hagas is a gorge located in the mountains of northern Maine woods and is often referred to as the Grand Canyon of Maine. The West Branch of the Pleasant River cuts through the earth for three miles creating a vertically walled slate gorge with numerous waterfalls. A trail follows the rim of the canyon offering hikers views of the falls and ...
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The Golden Road is a 96-mile (154 km) private road built by the Great Northern Paper Company that stretches from the St. Zacharie Border Crossing to its former mill at Millinocket, Maine. The road, which parallels the West Branch of the Penobscot River , was built between 1969 and 1972 to bring raw wood to the mill from the company's 2.1 ...
The North Maine Woods — the northern/northwestern geographic region of the state of Maine. A large forested region with many rivers and lakes in the Northern Appalachian Mountains , and a primarily undeveloped and thinly populated significant portion of the state.
It is also found on parts of the Fundy coast in Maine and the Maritimes, the northern parts of this ecoregion where the summers are cool. The coniferous forest goes by many names, including: Boreal forest, fir-spruce forest, the North Woods, and the taiga. It is noted in New England for its "harsh" conditions such as cold, subarctic ...
Location: Piscataquis County, Maine: Coordinates: 1]: Primary inflows: Allagash Stream: Primary outflows: Allagash Stream: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 4.4 mi (7.1 km) [2]: Max. width: 1.6 mi (2.6 km) [2]: Surface area: 4,260 acres (1,720 ha) [3]: Average depth: 35 feet (11 m) [4]: Max. depth: 89 feet (27 m) [3]: Water volume: 151,374 acre⋅ft (186,717,000 m 3) [5]: Shore ...