Ice fishing is a great sport that can be enjoyed by young and old alike. All you need is a willingness to get outside and some basic ice fishing equipment. The first thing you will need is a tool for making a hole in the ice. Most seasoned ice fishermen …

Every summer, the Chewonki Foundation sponsors the canoe expedition of a lifetime — the “Thoreau Wilderness Trip.” This excursion traverses the largest undeveloped forest east of the Mississippi River, and in my opinion, the best canoeing Maine has to offer. The seven-week trip follows the traditional travel routes used by …

One of the most beautiful spots on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway is Long Lake Dam. The actual dam is long gone, having washed out many years ago but the remnants still remain. The St. John Lumber Company built the first dam at the outlet of Long Lake in 1907, but …

Nestled in the heart of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway is one of the jewels of the waterway, Umsaskis Lake. The lake is surrounded by rolling hills and Priestly Mountain off to the west. Umsaskis is smaller than the large headwater lakes that make up the southern section of the waterway, …

When you are out on a canoe trip, you don’t have to be restricted to eating freeze-dried food cooked on a single-burner camp stove in order to have a decent meal. The canoe enables you to explore remote areas in relative comfort and plenty, and if you take time to …

Winter in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway affords rangers an opportunity to bring supplies and materials into locations that are very difficult to access in the summer. It is much easier to bring propane and gasoline into Allagash Lake with a snowmobile in the winter than walking it in on the …

Nestled on the northeast shore of Chamberlain Lake is a historic dam that changed the course of water that originally flowed down the Allagash and into the St. John River; this water now flows south down the East Branch of the Penobscot. In the early years of Maine’s statehood, the …