I’ve been gathering some photos that I thought readers would like to see that depict places, roads, and scenes that will be impossible or very difficult for most of us to enjoy in future years. I have picked out a few photos of Mount Katahdin, Katahdin Lake, as well as some of the back roads and streams that once were easily accessible to outdoor enthusiasts but now are either behind Roxanne Quimby’s gates or are barred by restrictive use by Baxter State Park.
The first picture, taken from in front of the Katahdin Lake sporting camps, is a stunning scene of the frozen lake with Mt. Katahdin rising up to the blue sky in the background. Where once snowmobilers had a chance to experience this, it is now a thing of the past. State money was used through the sale of some of its finest woodlands to purchase this land. While gorgeous property, it is a shame that public money had to be used in a back door fashion to buy up land that now has severely restricted access.
The next photo was taken somewhere within the Balm of Gilead, with a view looking onto Mt. Katahdin.
The third picture shows two snowmobilers parked beside Sandy Stream with Mt. Katahdin in the background.
The last in this series is a great view of Mt. Katahdin taken from the Kellogg Road, which is now gated.
Tom Remington
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