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Quiet Water Maine: Canoe and Kayak Guide » (Revised Edition)

Book cover image of Quiet Water Maine: Canoe and Kayak Guide by Alex Wilson

Authors: Alex Wilson, John Hayes
ISBN-13: 9781929173655, ISBN-10: 1929173652
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books MA
Date Published: April 2005
Edition: Revised Edition

Author Biography: Alex Wilson

Alex Wilson is an avid canoeist and naturalist. He is the publisher of Environmental Building News.

John Hayes has spent years exploring the quiet waters of New England.

Together they have written Quiet Water paddling guides for New Hampshire/Vermont, Massachusetts/Connecticut/Rhode Island, and New York.

Book Synopsis

Now completely revised and updated, this edition describes more than eighty spectacular paddling trips in Maine.

	Map Legend	xi
	Preface to the Second Edition	xii
	Introduction to Quietwater Paddling	xiv
	Safety, Equipment, and Technique	xvi
	How to Use This Book	xx
	Stewardship and Conservation	xxi
	Southern Maine	1
1	Salmon Falls River	2
2	Shapleigh, Smarts, and Hansen Ponds	5
3	Estes Lake	8
4	Mousam River	10
5	Scarborough Marsh	12
6	Hollis Center Arm of the Saco River	15
7	Lower Range Pond	17
	Midcoast	21
8	Runaround Pond	22
9	Nequasset Lake	25
10	Dresden Bog	28
11	Duckpuddle Pond	32
12	Dyer Long Pond and Musquash Pond	36
13	Hutchinson Pond and Jimmie Pond	39
14	Lower Togus Pond	42
15	Turner Pond	45
16	Stevens Pond	48
17	Branch Pond	51
18	Sandy Pond	53
19	Carlton Pond and Carlton Bog	55
20	Douglas Pond	58
	Downeast	61
21	Silver Lake	62
22	Wight Pond	68
23	Mount Desert Island	71
24	Jones Pond	80
25	Donnell Pond	82
26	Scammon Pond	85
27	Bog Brook Flowage	92
28	Great Pond	95
29	Mopang Lakes	97
30	Rocky and Second Lakes	100
31	Rocky Lake II	104
32	Josh Pond and Josh Stream	107
33	First, Second, and Third Chain Lakes	109
34	Clifford Lake and Silver Pug Lake	112
35	Bearce Lake	115
36	Pocomoonshine, Mud, and Crawford Lakes	118
37	Big Lake, Clifford Stream, Little River, and Little Musquash Stream	123
38	Big Musquash Stream	126
39	Third Machias Lake	132
40	Nicatous Lake	135
41	Fourth Machias Lake	138
42	Pocumcus, Junior, and Sysladobsis Lakes	141
43	Scraggly Lake (Southern) and Pleasant Lake	147
44	Cold Stream	150
45	Folsom, Crooked, and Upper Ponds	153
	Western Lakes & Mountains	157
46	Brownfield Bog	158
47	Pleasant Pond	161
48	Kezar Pond	164
49	Five Kezar Ponds	167
50	Horseshoe Pond	170
51	Virginia Lake	172
52	North Pond	174
53	Bunganock Pond and Brook	177
54	Parker Pond	180
55	Umbagog Lake	183
56	Upper and Lower Richardson Lake	188
57	Flagstaff Lake	191
58	Gilman Pond	196
59	Pierce Pond and Upper Pierce Pond	199
60	Spencer Lake and Fish Pond	202
61	Attean Pond, Holeb Pond, and Moose River Bow Trip	205
	Greater Moosehead Lake & 100-Mile Wilderness	211
62	Bald Mountain Pond	212
63	Indian Pond	215
64	Branns Mill Pond	218
65	Prong Pond	221
66	Seboeis Lake	224
67	Third and Fourth Roach Ponds	230
68	Long Pond	233
69	Jo-Mary Lakes (Middle, Lower, and Turkey Tail)	237
70	Debsconeag Lakes	241
71	Upper and Lower Togue Ponds and Abol Pond	249
72	Lobster Lake	252
73	Canada Falls Lake	256
	Northern Maine	259
74	Chesuncook Lake and West Branch Penobscot River	260
75	Loon Lake, Big Hurd Pond, and Little Hurd Pond	265
76	Caucomgomoc Lake and Rowe, Round, Daggett, and Poland Ponds	269
77	South Branch Ponds	274
78	Grand Lake Matagamon	277
79	Scraggly Lake (Northern)	282
80	Sawtelle Deadwater	285
81	Crooked Brook Flowage	288
82	Mattawamkeag Lake	290
83	Allagash Lake and Johnson Pond	293
84	Deboullie, Pushineer, Gardner, and Togue Ponds	297
	Nature Essays
	The Spectacular Wood Duck	30
	Bald Eagle	65
	Geologic History of Mount Desert Island	79
	Carnivorous Plants	88
	Blackflies and Mosquitoes	128
	The Playful River Otter	194
	Moose	228
	The Maine Woods	246
	The Loon	280
Appendix	Leave No Trace	301
	Index to Bodies of Water	302
	Get Out & Get Active with the AMC	304
	AMC Book Updates	305
	About the Authors	306