Voices from the Trail
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“Thank you for awakening an old memory!!”
The following was sent to the Northern Forest Canoe Trail as a handwritten letter. In honor of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway’s 50th anniversary, we received permission from the author to share with our readers. Thank you for awakening an…
Jack Delano to collect campsite data
By Jack Delano GIS Intern My name is Jack Delano and I am the Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s GIS intern this summer. I am a rising senior at Middlebury College in Vermont where I am majoring in…
An interview with John Connelly halfway through his Northern Forest Canoe Trail thru-paddle
By Sandy Tarburton Membership & Communications Director “Loving it! Today was a challenge on Mooselookmeguntic. It was calm with a following warm breeze from the south. I started a 6 mile crossing. Halfway into it, cold rain blowing…
First female canoeist thru-paddler remains an active volunteer
By Nicole Grohoski NFCT Thru-paddler 2006 Spring is once again spreading across the Northern Forest, bringing with it some of my favorite seasonal sights and sounds: ferns poking out of the duff, peeper frogs, and canoes and…
Exploring ‘Designated River’ Status for New Hampshire’s Androscoggin River
By Phoebe Backler New Hampshire Outreach Coordinator In May 2013, the Northern Forest Canoe Trail joined more than 40 of its New Hampshire partners to discuss the state’s 50-mile section of the Androscoggin River and its vital role in…
Meet Jeff McCabe, Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s Maine Outreach Coordinator
Jeff began working part-time for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail in December 2015 but he has been a supporter and volunteer for many years. Most recently he was the director of the 320-acre Lake George Regional Park, and he is…
Meet Noah Pollock, Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s Vermont Outreach Coordinator
During the summer of 2007, Noah Pollock worked for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail as one of its first Waterway Stewardship interns. That same summer, he finished his thesis for the University of Vermont titled The Northern Forest Canoe Trail:…
Meet Phoebe Backler, Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s New Hampshire Outreach Coordinator
Phoebe Backler began her tenure with the Northern Forest Canoe Trail during the spring of 2008. She has nurtured partnerships in northern New Hampshire that has led to creating paddling trip itineraries and vacation packages along the trail, as well…
Meet Mike Lynch, Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s New York Outreach Coordinator
Mike Lynch joined the Northern Forest Canoe Trail staff part-time in December 2015, but he has been a volunteer, and photographed and written articles about the trail for several years. Mike through paddled the entire trail in 2011 and has…
The Results of Our Summer 2015 Raffles
By Sandy Tarburton Membership & Communications Director “Would you like to win a canoe?” That was a common question we asked Northern Forest Canoe Trail members and friends this summer. Thanks to donations from Lincoln Canoe and…