Sporting Camps - Nahmakanta Lake, Rainbow Lake, Pollywog Pond, and Jo-mary Lakes

Sumner Potter opened the camps c.1900 and they were a stop on the Appalachian Trail.

The following link is to an article I wrote on sporting camps in this area plus Jo Mary Lake watershed. It is an overview of history of the camps from c.1890 -1960.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8KLqI1sS-zSYVVraExfMHhZZlk/view?usp=sharing

Buckhorn Camps on Middle Jo Mary Lake opened in 1895 and are still in use.

Clifford built the camps c.1927 and they are still operating in 2016 (picture credit Webber Oil Co.)

Ketchum open these sporting camps in the early 1890's and they are still operating in 2016

Michauds home at the mouth of Nahmakanta Stream and Pemadumcook Lake (c.1900-1910)

Camp Uno at Rainbow Lake dam (c.1903-1950)

(Note: all ads are from the Bangor and Aroostook publication In the Maine Woods.