How long is this canoeing trail in the northeastern United States and Canada that ends in Fort Kent, Maine?
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Fort Kent, Maine Fort Kent is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,097 in the 2010 census. Fort Kent is home to an Olympic biathlete training center, an annual CAN-AM dogsled race, and the Fort Kent Blockhouse, built in reaction to the Aroostook War and in modern times designated a national historic site. Principal industries include agriculture (particularly potatoes and forestry) and textiles. Fort Kent is the northern terminus of U.S. 1 and the ending point of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. Fort Kent signed a lease agreement with the Fish River Flying Club on July 8, 2011 to repair, maintain, and operate the local municipal airport, which had been closed since the 1980s.
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Northern Forest Canoe Trail The Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) is a 740 mi marked canoeing trail in the northeastern United States and Canada, extending from Old Forge in the Adirondacks of New York to Fort Kent, Maine. Along the way, the trail also passes through the states and provinces of Vermont, Quebec, and New Hampshire. The trail was opened on June 3, 2006.
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Yukon River Quest The Yukon River Quest is the world's longest annual canoe and kayak race. The Yukon River Quest's stated mission is, "To challenge paddlers in a world class wilderness event – a race to the midnight sun." The race takes place in late June / early July.
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Medway River (Nova Scotia) Medway River is a river in Queen's County, on the Southwestern shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. At 121 kilometres long, it is one of the major rivers of Nova Scotia and once supported a large run of Atlantic salmon. Historically, it was an important corridor to the interior waters of Nova Scotia such as Ponhook and Molega Lakes and as a log driving river for the lumber industry.
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Goose River (Medomak River) The Goose River is a 10.6 mi tributary of the Medomak River in the U.S. state of Maine.
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Moose River (Maine) The Moose River is an 83 mi river in Maine. Its source ( ) is in Beattie (Maine Township 2, Range 8, WBKP), on the Canada–United States border, which runs along the height of land between the watersheds of the Kennebec River in Maine and the Chaudière River in Quebec. From there, the river runs east through Attean Pond and Wood Pond, past the town of Moose River, then through Long Pond and Brassua Lake. The Moose River empties into Moosehead Lake, the source of the Kennebec River, in Rockwood Strip (T1, R1, WBKP). The International Railway of Maine was built along Moose River in 1889.
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Androscoggin River The Androscoggin River is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is 178 mi long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is 3530 sqmi in area. The name "Androscoggin" comes from the Eastern Abenaki term "/aləssíkɑntəkw/" or "/alsíkɑntəkw/", meaning "river of cliff rock shelters" (literally "thus-deep-dwelling-river"); or perhaps from Penobscot "/aləsstkɑtəkʷ/", meaning "river of rock shelters". The Anglicization of the Abenaki term is likely an analogical contamination with the colonial governor Edmund Andros.
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Rapid River (Maine) Rapid River is a 6.0 mi river in the northwestern portion of the US state of Maine flowing from Lower Richardson Lake to Umbagog Lake. Despite its short length, it forms the end of a major portion of the Umbagog Lake and Androscoggin River watersheds. Much of this watershed is covered by (from downstream to upstream) Lower and Upper Richardson Lakes, Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Cupsuptic Lake and Rangeley Lake. The major tributaries of this system are the Cupsuptic, Kennebago and Rangeley rivers, all of which flow into Cupsuptic Lake.
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St. Croix River (Maine–New Brunswick) The St. Croix River is a river in northeastern North America, 71 mi in length, that forms part of the Canada–United States border between Maine (U.S.) and New Brunswick (Canada). The river rises in the Chiputneticook Lakes and flows south and southeast, between Calais and St. Stephen. It discharges into Passamaquoddy Bay, in the Bay of Fundy.
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Toronto Carrying-Place Trail The Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, also known as the Humber Portage and the Toronto Passage, was a major portage route in Ontario, Canada, linking Lake Ontario with Lake Simcoe and the northern Great Lakes. The name comes from the Mohawk term "toron-ten", meaning "the place where the trees grow over the water", an important landmark on Lake Simcoe through which the trail passed.
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Little Magalloway River The Little Magalloway River is a 7.0 mi river in northwestern Maine in the United States. It is a tributary of the Magalloway River, located in the Androscoggin River watershed of Maine and New Hampshire.
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Maine State Route 161 State Route 161 (SR 161) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways. It runs 86 mi from Fort Fairfield to Allagash. It begins at the Fort Fairfield - Andover Border Crossing along the Canada–US border to Dickey Road near the confluence of the Allagash and Saint John rivers.
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Portage River (Moose Horn River) The Portage River is an 8.8 mi tributary of the Moose Horn River in eastern Minnesota, United States. It flows west to the Moose Horn River, joining it at Moosehead Lake next to the city of Moose Lake. By the Moose Horn River, its waters flow to the Kettle River, St. Croix River, and ultimately the Mississippi River. Just to the east of the Portage River, Nemadji Creek flows east to the Nemadji River, a tributary of Lake Superior and part of the Saint Lawrence River basin.
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Benton MacKaye Trail The Benton MacKaye Trail or BMT is a footpath nearly 300 mi in length in the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States and is blazed by a white diamond, 5" across by 7" tall. The hiking trail was created and is maintained by the Benton MacKaye Trail Association, and it is named for Benton MacKaye, the Massachusetts forester and regional planner who first had the idea for the Appalachian Trail in 1921.
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Canoe Lake (Highland Creek) Canoe Lake is a lake in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It is 600 m long and 160 m wide, and the primary outflow is Highland Creek, a tributary of the Madawaska River. The lake is about 9 km north of Griffith.
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Musquodoboit River The Musquodoboit River is a Canadian river located in central Nova Scotia in the northeastern part of Halifax Regional Municipality. The river is approximately 97 kilometres in length with roughly 88km being traversable by paddle. It has a watershed area of 1,409 km2 (544 sq mi).
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Fort Fairfield - Andover Border Crossing The Fort Fairfield - Andover Border Crossing is an international border crossing between the towns of Fort Fairfield, Maine, United States, and Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada on the Canada–US border, joining Maine State Route 161 (Boundary Line Road) and New Brunswick Route 190 (Fort Road). The United States border station was built in 1933, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The Canada border station was built in 2007, replacing the previous facility that was built in 1954. This crossing was a historical flashpoint during the bloodless Aroostook War of the 1830s, in which the US and Great Britain disputed the border's location. That dispute was ended with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842.
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Sebago to the Sea Trail Sebago to the Sea Trail is a trail that goes from Lake Sebago to the Gulf of Maine. It was created in 2007 in order to create an eventual 28 mile trail to the sea. The trail runs through the towns of Falmouth, Windham, Standish, and Gorham.
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Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant The Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant was a canoe race started on May 24, 1967 in the Rocky Mountains by ten teams representing eight provinces and the two existing territories. Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, the two remaining provinces were not entered. 3283 mi were paddled and portaged in 104 days by 100 men using six man shifts per team. They arrived in Montreal on September 4. Other privately sponsored canoes from across the country made similar trips.
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Colorado Trail The Colorado Trail is a long-distance trail running for 486 mi from the mouth of Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver to Durango in Colorado, United States. Its highest point is 13271 ft above sea level, and most of the trail is above 10000 ft . Despite its high elevation, the trail often dips below the alpine timberline to provide refuge from the exposed, storm-prone regions above.
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West Branch Mattawamkeag River The West Branch Mattawamkeag River is a 52.6 mi tributary of the Mattawamkeag River in Maine. From its source ( ) in Maine Township 6, Range 6, WELS, the river runs 10 mi northeast by Pleasant Lake and through Mud Lake and Rockabema Lake, then 42 mi south and southeast through Upper Mattawamkeag Lake and Mattawamkeag Lake to its confluence with the East Branch Mattawamkeag River in Haynesville, about 10 mi west of the Canada–United States border.
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Swift River (Maine) The Swift River is a 26.7 mi river in western Maine. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows to the Kennebec River near its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean.