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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]
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River / lake / other Image Remarks acres ha Allagash Wilderness Waterway: Aroostook, Piscataquis: 24,164 9,779 1966 Allagash River: Canoeing, fishing, hunting, camping Androscoggin Riverlands: Androscoggin: Turner: 2,674 1,082 Androscoggin River: Canoeing, multi-use trails along 12 miles of river frontage Aroostook State Park: Aroostook ...
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
High Peaks Wilderness Area - 192,685 acres (779.769 km 2) (part of High Peaks Wilderness Complex - 226,435 acres (916.74 km 2)) Hoffman Notch Wilderness Area - 36,231 acres (146.62 km 2) Jay Mountain Wilderness Area - 7,100 acres (28.73 km 2) McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area - 37,616 acres (152.23 km 2) Pepperbox Wilderness Area - 22,560 acres ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...