Text & Photos by Tom RichardsonRemote, 70-acre Warren Island is located 3 miles east of Lincolnville and a stone’s throw from Islesboro’s Grindel Point, making it accessible by both boat and kayak. There is a long pier for dropping off gear and passengers, as well as several courtesy moorings, along the island’s protected eastern shore.Once...Read More
By Dan Mathers When I received the new survival axe from Off Grid Tools, I couldn’t wait to take it backpacking and see how it held up to life in the wilderness. Unfortunately, that backpacking trip had to be canceled. Even worse, shortly after that my basement flooded. Because of that flood, instead of the survival...Read More
This beautiful North Woods lake offers a host of family-friendly activities to pursue. Nine miles west of Millinocket, the former paper-mill town in north-central Maine, is Millinocket Lake (not to be confused with the much more remote Lake Millinocket, just north of Baxter State Park). The nearly pristine waterbody is remarkably free of shoreline development,...Read More