RAINBOW LAKE & DEBSCONEAG LAKES WILDERNESS canoe camping in Maine
Sep 6-13, 2009 - DEBSCONEAG LAKES WILDERNESS, ME. Got free fire permit ahead of time by phone by calling the ranger station in Old Town. Get Maine Gazetteer by DeLorme before going - shows campsites, dirt roads, etc. Granite rocks & boulders litter shorelines & can be seen down in the clear waters. Lakes with cottages might have light float plane & small motorboat use, most lakes not accessible by road. Old canoes & rowboats stored at most lakes. Views of Katahdin from most lakes. Elevations in 500'-1,000' range - so Katahdin rises over 4,000' above. Shorelines mostly white cedar, pitch pine, red spruce. No moose sightings, lots of tracks tho. No rain. Bell Chestnut Prospector canoe in Royalex - tough but a bit heavy on portages, should have used a Kevlar canoe in hindsight. Sep 13 - Carried to 3rd. Carried to 4th then out past Chewonki. Sep 12 - Daytrip. Carried to 1st Debsconeag Lake, paddled into Debsconeag Deadwater section of ...