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Article: Accessibility vs Wilderness Preservation--Maine's Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
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- Palaestra
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- September 22, 2000
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The crown jewel of Maine's North Woods and a scenic refuge without rival, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (Allagash) is a protected 92-mile-long river, stream, lake, and pond corridor. It is the longest and most scenic national wilderness area east of the Mississippi (Allagash: Maine's Wild and Scenic River, 1994). The Allagash was established in 1966 by virtue of an act passed by the Maine State Legislature to preserve, protect, and enhance the scenic natural beauty and wilderness character of the area.
Along with Baxter State Park, the Allagash is one of only two areas in Maine designated to be managed as wilderness and was the first state-administered ...