Allagash Canoe Trips, Maine Canoeing Adventures

Allagash Canoe Trips in Maine fully outfitted and guided by Maine Guide Dave Conley of Maine Wilderness Trips at www.canoethewild.com

The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is Maine's best known canoe trip and has attracted paddler's for more than a century. Henry David Thoreau ventured into this region more than 150 years ago by traveling into the Allagash via the Mud Pond Carry from the West Penobscot watershed. The legendary Allagash is Maine's only designated Wild and Scenic River.

The Allagash attracts canoeist from all across the country and beyond. It is one of the few eastern rivers that can be paddled for a week or longer and not bump into civilization.

Allagash canoe trips are popular with families, scout groups, summer camps, adult and youth groups. Well suited for ages 12 and up with its easy flowing river sections and its moderate whitewater on Chase Stream Rapids.

This is our best Maine canoe trip for spotting wildlife including moose and eagles. With numerous put in and take out locations, outings can be planned from four to nine days.

Times to paddle the Allagash. Mid may to mid June for Brook Trout fishing but be prepared for black flies and Mosquitoes. Late June through labor day weekend is the most popular time to paddle the Allagash. Days are warm and nights are cool. Early fall is an excellent time with less people, no bugs and the beginning of fall colors.

At its headwaters are numerous lakes including Chamberlain, Allagash, Eagle, and Churchill while the northern section, Chase Stream Rapids to Allagash Village, involves mostly river travel, paddling Umsuskis and Long Lakes, Round Pond, and portaging round 40' Allagash Falls.

Allagash Lake offers a remote alternative start to your trip. When water levels are up, we begin on Johnson Pond or Allagash stream, paddle into Allagash Lake, explore an Ice cave, climb a fire tower, paddle down lively Allagash Stream to Round Pond, portage around Little Allagash Falls arriving at the north end of Chamberlain Lake two or three days later.

Rich in logging history, there are numerous artifacts that can be explored from days gone by including the remains of Lombard stream haulers, a tramway from Eagle to Chamberlain Lake and two locomotives on the shores of Eagle Lake.

A guided Allagash canoe trip provides for a safe and enjoyable time. Guides take care of all the logistics including shuttling of vehicles, trip planning, itinerary, equipment meals and handling day use and camping fees at North Maine Woods points of entry.

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