July 12, 2024
This 92-mile Waterway runs through Maine’s vast northernmost forests. It is true wilderness with no residential areas along its length, so if you are an experienced canoeist or paddler and want a gorgeous and remote Maine boating trip, then this is the river for you.
Getting to the northern portion of the Wilderness Waterway involved driving along Maine’s northernmost border with Canada and then heading south on a gravel road until reaching a checkpoint. Much of Maine’s northern forests are privately owned and commercially logged, and you may drive those logging roads if you pay an $18 fee to North Maine Woods.
After the checkpoint, it’s another twelve miles of gravel and increasingly deteriorating road to Michaud’s Farm, the site of 19th century lumber baron Joe Michaud’s settlement where his farm provided food for his logging crew and workhorses. Today, the only ranger station along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway sits at the old farm site.
