Meandering Waterfall
by Elizabeth Dow
Title
Meandering Waterfall
Artist
Elizabeth Dow
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Photograph - Photographs
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Backpacking into Chimney Pond Campground from Roaring Brook campground was an experience that I will never forget. It was beautiful weather and because it has rained the night before we arrived, the streams and rivers were flowing with vim and vigor! Catching this flowing stream was an amazing sight. We were high up on a bridge and crossed the very powerful, dangerous, yet beautiful water fall.
The following was taken from http://www.baxterstateparkauthority.com/about/history.htm:
Percival P. Baxter was governor of Maine during the years of 1921-1924. He enjoyed fishing and vacationing in the Maine woods throughout childhood and his affection for the land and Maine�s wildlife were instrumental in his creation of a park for people of the State of Maine. He began to fulfill his dream of a park in the year 1930, with the purchase of almost 6,000 acres of land, including Katahdin, Maine�s highest peak. In 1931, Baxter formally donated the parcel to the State of Maine with the condition that it be kept forever wild. Over the years, Governor Baxter purchased additional lands and pieced his park together, transaction by transaction. He made his final purchase in 1962. Since then,additional purchases and land gifts have increased the Park's total size to 209,644 acres. About 75% of the Park (156,874 acres) is managed as a wildlife sanctuary. In the northwest corner of the Park 29,537 acres (about 14% of the Park) was designated by Governor Baxter to be managed as the Scientific Forest Management Area and is currently a Forest Stewardship Certified showplace for sound forestry. In addition, about 25% of the Park (52,628 acres) is open to hunting and trapping with the exception that Moose hunting is prohibited in the Park.
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June 28th, 2016
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