Thoreau Overnight
Available:
Choose from a 1 or 2 night canoe and camping trip
TRIP 4:
Retrace part of Henry David Thoreau’s journey from July 30th to August 1st 1857 on the East Branch of the Penobscot River through the Katahdin Woods & Waters. This trip includes two Days Paddling with One Night camping on the East Branch of the Penobscot River with a registered Maine guide. Canoe & camping equipment and food for guests is included for this trip. Cost is $399 per person, four person minimum.
Figure 3: Photo Credit Dennis Welsh – KWWP
Day 1: Put-in: The put in is at the historic Bowlin Camps on the East branch of the Penobscot and paddle to south of Lunksoos Camps (approximately 12 mile paddle). Camp at Big Sebois campsite which is North of Lunksoos just below the confluence of the Sebois and East Branch.
“It was an interesting spot, where the river began to make a great bend to the east, and the last of the particular moose-faced Nerlumskeechticook Mountains not far southwest of Grand Lake [Matagamon] rose dark in the northwest a short distance behind, displaying its gray precipitous southeast side…”
Day 2: Paddle the scenic East Branch from the Big Sebois Campsite to the take out take out at Grindstone Falls (17 mile paddle). Stop by the location of Thoreaus’ Tea Berry camp where the Wassataquoik enters the East Branch.
“I also heard the sound of bull-frogs from a swamp on the opposite side, thinking at first they were moose; a duck paddled swiftly by; and sitting in that dusky wilderness, under that dark mountain, by the bright river which was full of reflected light, still I heard the wood thrush sing, as if no other civilization could be attained…then at night the general stillness is more impressive than any sound, but occasionally you hear the note of an owl farther or nearer in the woods, and if near a lake, the semi human cry of the loons at their unearthly revels”
TRIP 5:
Henry David Thoreau journeyed on the East Branch of the Penobscot River in July and August 1857. Retrace his step along the East Branch through The Katahdin Woods & Waters: 2 NIGHTS CAMPING, paddling, hiking, fishing and camping with a registered Maine Guide. Canoe, camping equipment and food for guests is included in this trip. Cost is $199 per person per day, four person minimum ($549/pp total for the trip).
Day 1: 5pm Start: The put in is at the historic Bowlin Camps on the East branch of the Penobscot, paddle 2-3 miles, camp overnight at a campsite close to Little Spring Brook Mountain. At night enjoy a traditional campfire dinner with time in the evening and morning for fishing and swimming.
“…A red headed woodpecker flew across the river, and the Indian remarked that it was good to eat. As we glided swiftly down the inclined plane of the river a great cat-owl launched itself away from a stump on the bank, and flew heavily across the stream…soon afterward a white headed eagle sailed down the stream before us”