Voices from the Trail
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Membership renewal prize drawings
This year, we’ll be offering renewing members a chance to win some great prizes. At the end of every quarter, members who renewed will be entered into a prize drawing for a chance to win a $250 Kokatat gift certificate…
Celebrating 20 years of adventure, stewardship, and community
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is the product of a great collaboration with communities across the region to create an exceptional paddling trail. This year, as we celebrate the trail’s 20th anniversary, the big idea that inspired our founders to…
Just Add Water offers unique experience for thru-paddlers
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is excited to welcome Just Add Water Floating Camps as a Class III Business Partner. Located on Rangeley Lake in Maine, Just Add Water is a great lodging option for thru-paddlers and paddling enthusiasts, or…
5 days on the Saranacs with the Northern Forest Explorers
I am writing this on a Saturday in July, chilling in my pjs with the best dog in the world, Dwight, pumped and feeling good from a week on the water. It is my third year leading the Northern Forest…
NFCT welcomes new communications director
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is excited to welcome Chris Morris as its new communications director. Chris joined NFCT’s team in August, following the departure of Mike Lynch, who will continue his photography work and writing about the outdoors for…
Map 12 Archived Updates
(June 2013) There is a required fee per person to paddle the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Click here for more details. (June 2013) Boat size regulations for the Allagash Wilderness Waterway: The State of Maine maintains canoe/kayak size regulations on the Allagash…
Map 10 Archived Updates
The 2006 map incorrectly shows a campsite at the confluence of the Dead and Spencer Rivers. No camping is allowed here. This privately-owned land serves as a launch point for downriver trips on the Dead River. Spencer Stream can be…
Map 4 Archived Updates
Map 4 – Archived Updates (July 2018) The section of river below the East Highgate Bridge will be closed from July 2nd through sometime in 2019 due to bridge replacement. Paddlers should portage river right (1000′). (July 2016) A new…
A summer well spent on the NFCT
I was lucky to stumble upon the job posting for NFCT stewardship crew leader position this spring while I was applying for work in the east. After a couple seasons of conservation and trail work in the west, I was…
Sacred Waters
As I sit here in the 95 degree-heat, 90 percent humidity that is Maryland now that my Northern Forest Canoe Trail summer internship is over, I find myself daydreaming about being on the river again. How do I describe spending…