West Branch of the Penobscot River and tributaries - log drives and sporting camps

remains of the c.1833 Stevens dam at the mouth of the West Branch of the Penobscot River

The following subpages are pdfs of my 3,000 word Appalachia magazine articles with pictures about logging and sporting camps on a few of tributaries of the West Branch of the Penobscot River. A more in-depth treatise of these areas appears in my book, Within Katahdin's Realm: log drives and sporting camps. The sub page with the corresponding title has information about the areas covered and links to each chapter.

remains of the Hurd Pond Dam in 2012

loggers drove logs down Pratt Brook to middle Jo Mary Lake

the granite log sluice between First Musquash and Wadleigh Ponds - Pollywog watershed