by Matt | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Matt | Aug 6, 2018 | 400 Miler
Preface Before the first humans, came the glaciers. They carved great valleys before they receded. The Penobscot River Valley was a bay when the Native Americans began to populate the region. These early Americans moved throughout the area seasonally, following...
by Matt | Aug 20, 2018 | 400 Miler
July 2009. The Wawenock Ahwangans June 27, 2009. Veazie Salmon Club It’s good to have friends in high places. And when you’re out in the boondocks of Maine, a Game Warden is pretty much at the top. We met Jim Fahey in Portage, Maine on our way down...
by Matt | Aug 26, 2018 | 400 Miler, Uncategorized
July 2015. Winnegansis This report is a continuation of a trip that started in the year 2000 at Riviere-du-Loup on the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Doug Doremus and I began on June 1 and 27 days later made it 400 miles to Hamden, Maine. Later, in 2009, we picked up the...
by Matt | Aug 14, 2018 | Penobscot Side Trips
Borne on the wings of a nine-day nor’easter, we retraced the ancient canoe route used for travel between the Saint John River in New Brunswick and the Penobscot River in Maine. Obscured by disuse, shamans’ curses and waterfront cottages, the trail has all but...
