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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.
List of wilderness areas designated by U.S. state and tribal governments. Eight states had designated wilderness programs in 2002 while some other states had designated wildernesses. In 2002, the 9 state programs had 74 wilderness areas with a total protected area of 2,668,903 acres (10,800.7 km 2). Florida had 10 wilderness areas until their ...
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
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 ...
Much of the river was subsequently designated as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. In 1970 the waterway became part of the National Wild and Scenic River program of the U.S. federal government. Although the wild designation of the river is normally applied to free-flowing streams, the designation left in place the wooden Churchill Dam for ...
McGee Creek State Park is on the southeast side. [63] Mountain Park WMA [64] Kiowa: 5,400 acres (2,200 ha) Mountain Park WDU. WMA encircles the north and west side of Tom Steed Reservoir. Neosho WMA [65] Craig and Ottawa: 726.36 acres (293.95 ha) 6 1/2 miles northwest of Welch: Okmulgee WMA [66] Okmulgee: 10,900 acres (4,400 ha)
Allagash may refer to: Allagash River, a tributary of the St. John River; Allagash, Maine, a town in Maine named after the river; Allagash Brewing Company, a brewery in Portland, Maine; Allagash Lake, original source of the Allagash River, diverted to Penobscot River by Telos Cut; Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a state wilderness area in Maine