Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . hey ever had in Grant Pond, and it is well worthy of trials when camping at Big Northwest,which is the center and headquarters for the four ponds described. A trail connects this pond withBig Island (one and one-quarter miles) and Little Island (one and one-quarter miles), the oue leading toLittle Island being the general route to Kennebago Lake, and starts in a short distance down the right hand shore from the end of the Northwesttrail. Big Island trail is upon the oppo-site shor
Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . hey ever had in Grant Pond, and it is well worthy of trials when camping at Big Northwest,which is the center and headquarters for the four ponds described. A trail connects this pond withBig Island (one and one-quarter miles) and Little Island (one and one-quarter miles), the oue leading toLittle Island being the general route to Kennebago Lake, and starts in a short distance down the right hand shore from the end of the Northwesttrail. Big Island trail is upon the oppo-site shore. A good boat will be foundupon the pond. Going south, the nextsheet of water reached is Little Island, so named from the small island in it,which in the summer time is almost anisthmus, connected with the shore by longreeds and rushes. It is a very prettypond, within sight of Boil and one of theFive Round Mountains to the east, withWhite Cap and the Boundary Mountainsto the west. The fishing is very flue, asit is out of the way of the general route~ , „ , of sportsmen, and few trout are ever Grant Pond. ^. taken out of it. There are two boats upon the pond, but the camps are located nearly half a mile tothe south, upon the shores of Beaver Pond, a small T shaped pond, but filled with trout, as all these pouds are. Upon the southern shore, oppositethe camps, is a trail leading to Long Pond, the most southerly of the group, a long narrow creek; and from here the trail descends the KennebagoStream to the lake, some twenty miles distant. The camps at Beaver Pond are the property of & Richardson, the proprietors of the Kennebago House, who have fitted them up with stoves,cooking utensils, dishes, blankets, and boats. The guides in this territory are privileged to use them,— asmall rental, which is very reasonable, being expected when occupied by a party. From the head ofLong Poud is a trail a little over a mile long, leading in an easterly direction to L Pond, whi
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