Acadia National Park (consisting of Isle au Haut, Mt. Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula) I s an important section of the Maine Island Trail. Go to MITA at <<http://www.mita.org/>>. They'll give you a great guide for your membership fee. It's important to get the guide to understand necessary precautions, both for your own safety and the preservation of the precious resource of the Maine Islands. Douglas Montgomery sf *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
The MITA membership is also required for access to several of the islands on the trail. There is another web page that describes various trips on the coast of Maine - wish I had found this one last summer: http://members.mint.net/rwirth/waterways/mainepage.htm Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: <DMon707_at_aol.com> To: <dseal_at_ntplx.com>; <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 1:06 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] Acadia National Park > Acadia National Park (consisting of Isle au Haut, Mt. Desert Island and the > Schoodic Peninsula) I s an important section of the Maine Island Trail. Go to > MITA at <<http://www.mita.org/>>. They'll give you a great guide for your > membership fee. \ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
If you paddle the Maine coast something to keep in mind is that these islands are very fragile. There is very little topsoil so even minor erosion is a big deal. Because of the lack of soil depth and the small size of the islands one should remove all solid waste, cat holes are not an acceptable method here. I would also suggest that you build no fires. I love a nice roaring campfire as well as the next guy and probably more than most, but these islands can't take it. There is not enough fuel for fires. It broke my heart in the 80's to watch island use increase and with that the use of open fires. First what little driftwood and dead wood that was on the islands would disappear, then standing deadwood would go, and finally people would start hacking live trees. These fires also scarred the granite horribly. In some cases fires were built up against large erratics and the heat often caused these to split and crumble. So please, have fun, be safe, and be kind to those Islands that I miss so dearly. Cheers, -- Rob Cookson 3 Hats Design INTERNET PRINT ILLUSTRATION 5201 15 Ave NW Suite 220 Seattle, WA 98107 206.851.8202 direct line 206.784.1641 main office phone 206.784.2231 main office fax mailto:rob_at_3hats.com http://www.3hats.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Glenn Stauffer > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 2:34 AM > To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Acadia National Park > > > The MITA membership is also required for access to several of the > islands on > the trail. There is another web page that describes various trips on the > coast of Maine - wish I had found this one last summer: > > http://members.mint.net/rwirth/waterways/mainepage.htm > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <DMon707_at_aol.com> > To: <dseal_at_ntplx.com>; <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 1:06 AM > Subject: [Paddlewise] Acadia National Park > > > > Acadia National Park (consisting of Isle au Haut, Mt. Desert Island and > the > > Schoodic Peninsula) I s an important section of the Maine > Island Trail. Go > to > > MITA at <<http://www.mita.org/>>. They'll give you a great > guide for your > > membership fee. > \ > > ****************************************************************** > ********* > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the > author and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > ****************************************************************** > ********* *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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