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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 "Clean Waters Act" of the 1970s was responsible for the creation of miles of logging roads in this area and the camps became much less remote. In 1977 the Frantzman family leased 300 acres (1.2 km 2 ) of land and around 14 wood dwellings from the paper company that owns the camps.
Pittston Farm is a historic farm and community complex in a remote part of northern Somerset County, Maine.Located down logging roads about 20 miles (32 km) north of the village of Rockwood, the farm was developed c. 1910 by the Great Northern Paper Company to provide food and other resources to workers on logging drives in Maine's northern forests.
In 2000, a series of new logging roads and a marked side-trail offered hikers re-supply and lodging opportunities between miles 55 and 65 heading northbound from Monson. 45°36.9′N 69°9.8′W / 45.6150°N 69.1633°W / 45.6150; -69.1633 ( Hundred-Mile Wilderness
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 Big Twenty Township has fewer than 20 year-round residents. The land is used mainly for logging, and the only roads that exist are logging roads; there are no state highways. Some of the land is owned by camp owners, and several camps straddle the US-Canada border. [4]
The St. Zacharie, Maine – St. Zacharie, Quebec border crossing on the Canada–US border is one of four in the Maine Highlands.Two miles south of Little Saint John Lake, it is the westernmost crossing used primarily by people and vehicles involved in logging the forests in the North Maine Woods. [1]
The blue-blazed trail crosses an ATV trail and a logging road before gradually ascending alongside a stream. In spring, lush greenery and wildflowers can be seen alongside the trail. Approximately 0.75 miles (1.2 km) into the hike, a register box provided by the Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) is available for hikers to log their visit.