Muscongus Bay in the Midcoast area offers some of the most challenging and intriguing sea kayaking on the Maine coast. A significant attraction is a myriad of islands that populate the bay. Located in the west central sector of the bay, remote Thief Island is one of the most interesting and scenic. I stopped at […]
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Kayakers explore unique Ovens Mouth Passage
After enjoying the area on a recent hike, Ron Chase returns for a kayaking trip.
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Hiking duo explores Ovens Mouth in Boothbay
Indigenous people use the maritime passage as a shortcut between the Sheepscot and Damariscotta Rivers. Early Colonial settlers used it to travel from the Sheepscot River to the Cross River tidal basin.
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Kayaking to Head of Tide on the Passagassawakeag River
Two Chowderheads go on a 6-mile outing from the landing in Belfast Harbor to Head of Tide and back.
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Avid paddlers enjoy a northern Maine whitewater weekend
Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society takes a Labor Day weekend trip to Canada Falls and Kennebec Gorge.
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Damariscove Island makes for challenging sea kayaking trip
A sea kayak trip to Damariscove Island off the coast of East Boothbay has much to offer. During the 12-mile trip, paddlers pass some of the most spectacular island landscapes on the coast of Maine. And exciting paddling is almost guaranteed navigating through a collection of treacherous ledges on the southern end of the island […]
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Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society paddlers experience tumultuous seas kayaking Union River Bay
When my friend, Norm Olsen, announced a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society sea kayak trip from Surry to Ellsworth in Hancock County, I immediately signed on. An experienced trip organizer, Norm always plans interesting outdoor adventures and scrupulously researches the itinerary and potential conditions. Further, this was a sector of the Maine coast I had […]
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Kayakers explore historic Swan Island on the Kennebec River
Swan Island on the Kennebec River in Richmond has a long and rich past. Human activity on the island can be traced back thousands of years. Native Americans known as Abenakis, some likely my ancestors, inhabited the island for centuries before the first Europeans arrived in 1607. Relations between the Native Americans and early European […]
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Maine’s worst tick season ever is on its way. This writer knows what’s at stake.
The troubling part, says writer Mark LaFlamme, is that most Mainers sending diseased ticks to the state lab are finding them in their yards and gardens, not forests and fields.
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Tick check? This hiker starts with naked skin and a lint roller
After a bad case of anaplasmosis, author Mark LaFlamme now has a strict tick-check regimen. Here are his recommendations.