An historic 740-mile water trail through New York, Vermont, Québec, New Hampshire, and Maine

2015 Spring-Summer Newsletter

Celebrating 15 Years

Northern Forest Canoe Trail MissionWe protect and steward our water trail

and foster community vitality to promote inspiring outdoor experiences

in the Northern Forest Region.

Our VisionAs the best water trail in North America, the Northern Forest Canoe Trail provides

access to the natural beauty of our region and route. Through quality management

and collaborative community partnerships, our trail contributes to the economic

resilience of the region and promotes the health of its lands and waters.

Win a Canoe Trip on Maine‘s Allagash

Your membership dues in 2015 enter you into this year’s trip giveaway:

A 7-day canoe adventure with Allagash Canoe Trips.

See inside for details!

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CURRENTS&COMMUNITIES

Heart of the TrailMember Mark Kuprych made

a donation last winter “in honor of those who understand why we go out into the heart of nature.” In essence, he’s honoring you.

For fifteen years, many have worked through the Northern Forest Canoe Trail to envision, negotiate, build and paddle into the heart of this grand adventure. Together we developed and marked the course for paddlers to travel its historic Native American route, and experience its present-day beauty from the Adirondacks, to Lake Champlain, to the Great North Woods and to the Allagash.

We thank you for your part in getting us here. Maybe you helped us create a map or kiosk. Maybe you paddled to a pristine campsite, settled by a campfire and shared that memory with others. Maybe you helped build a lean-to, privy or log ladder. Maybe you attend our film fests each spring. Or maybe you simply appreciate that this 740-mile trail exists surrounded by wilderness, rural and small-town settings.

Our new mission statement (see upper left) guides us to care for what we have created and protect its opportunities: to canoe, fish, and jump in a swimming hole; to kayak and connect with friends and family; to be a part of the trail’s natural landscape and visit both glacial and human-made relics.

Together, we protect these opportunities for all who visit our trail. For some, the hard work of maintaining the trail is the greatest reward. For others, the pleasure of a paddling trip revives the spirit more than any other adventure.

Since 2000, the community that nurtures the Northern Forest Canoe Trail is indeed one that understands why we go out into the heart of nature. We are grateful to Mark and all of our friends for being part of this journey. Here’s to paddling the next 15 years!

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Volunteers help create a map in 2004; the first Northern Forest Explorers set off in 2008; through paddlers at our 10th anniversary celebration in 2010; trail maintainers and staff at a spring training session in 2014.

From the Executive DirectorBOARD OF DIRECTORSWarren Cook, PresidentCo-Founder, Maine Network PartnersKingfield, Maine & Ivins, Utah

Alan H. Bennett M.D., Vice PresidentLong time 90-Miler competitorRaquette Lake, New York & Durham, New Hampshire

Jed Kalkstein, TreasurerFayston, Vermont

Alan Stearns, SecretaryExecutive Director, Royal River Conservation TrustHallowell, Maine

Russell CollettGorham, Maine

Steve GladstoneCOO, Rowing InnovationsHinesburg, Vermont

Don HudsonPresident Emeritus, Chewonki FoundationArrowsic, Maine

Ben MalakoffCommunications Associate, ReingoldWashington, DC

Kevin NadeauSenior Product Developer, L.L.BeanDurham, Maine

Bo NorrisCo-Founder, Maine Network PartnersCape Elizabeth, Maine

Betsy PaineLawyerAndover, New Hampshire

John SchweizerBoard Chairman & CFO, Rowing InnovationsBurlington, Vermont

Marc ShermanOwner, Outdoor Gear ExchangeBurlington, Vermont

EMERITUSRon Canter, NFCT Route ResearcherNorth Potomac, Maryland

Rob Center, NFCT Co-FounderHarpswell, ME

Kay Henry, NFCT Co-FounderHarpswell, ME

STAFFKarrie Thomas, Executive Director

Kevin Mack, Director of Partnerships & Marketing

Walter Opuszynski, Trail Director

Sandy Tarburton, Membership & Communications Director

Northern Forest Canoe TrailP.O. Box 565, Waitsfield, VT 05673Phone: 802.496.2285 Fax: 802.329.2239

info@northernforestcanoetrail.orgNorthernForestCanoeTrail.org

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Welcome to Our Newest Board Member Kevin Nadeau (Durham, ME) is the Senior Product Developer, Camping and Outdoor Equipment at L.L.Bean. He has 20 years of experience in marketing and merchandizing outdoor sports products from backpacking, fishing and hunting to paddling, cycling and snow sports. Active in all of these pursuits, we look forward to Kevin’s expertise in support of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.

Dear Members, Supporters, and Friends,

We are dedicated to helping people of all ages connect with the beauty and adventure of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. The health benefits of spending time outdoors continue to be popular topics and here’s why.

Studies show that spending time in nature improves overall health by lowering stress and increasing concentration. Being outside encourages a more active lifestyle which can address obesity and depression. Exposure to sunshine increases your vitamin D absorption which helps fight certain illnesses. Kids benefit developmentally: time spent in nature has been shown to improve creativity, problem solving and social skills.

For many of us, myself included, it can be hard to weave outside play into a busy schedule. But the time my parents spent connecting my sister and me with the outdoors— whether messing about with pollywogs behind our house, or spending weekends in the White Mountains—was formative for us both.

I developed physical skills like rock hopping across streams. It fostered my ability to push myself when I’m not completely sure I have the stamina to take one more step or stroke. It cultivated my ability to be quiet and appreciate my surroundings. And now it’s my turn to foster these life skills in my own two sons.

Help a young person in your life get outside—you’ll be better for it, too! Read on about all of the ways NFCT is connecting people to the trail this summer. From Waterway Work Trips to Northern Forest Explorers to our Paddle Series, we have something for everyone.

Happy Trails,

Karrie Thomas, Executive Director

NFCT TRAIL FUND

Maintaining paddling access,

campsites and portages takes the

generosity of many people. You can

help by making a gift today.

DONATE BY MAY 31 TO HELP US

WITH THIS YEAR’S PROJECTS.

Contributions are welcome by phone, mail or online.

NorthernForestCanoeTrail.org

802-496-2285 ext. 4

NorthernForestCanoeTrail.org

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Thank You 2014 Donors

INDIVIDUALS

$25,000+Warren & Brammie Cook

$10,000–$24,999Stuart Fraser

$5,000–$9,999Bo Norris

Fern Stearns

$1,000–$4,999Ed Amidon & Louise McCarren

Alan & Susan Bennett

Brian Castler & Katherine Duffendack

Peter Colhoun

Russell J. Collett

Nick & Lisa Dyslin

Stephen A. Garanin

Kay Henry & Rob Center

Neil & Suzanne McGinn

John & Deanna Sammon

John Schweizer & Jennifer Lucas

Jeffrey Sellon & Marilyn Burns

Marc Sherman

Alan Stearns & Austin Brown

Peter Swift & Diana McCargo

Ira J. Wagner

Susan Wagner

$500–$999Tom & Sally Daigneault

Thomas Gerard

Steve & Mary Gorman

Peter & Margaret Gunness

Karen Herold & Mark Isaacson

Don Hudson & Phine Ewing

Phyllis Jalbert

Jed & Catherine Kalkstein

Ben Malakoff

Kevin A. McCabe

Robert A. Oram

Betsy Paine

Kate Williams

Ethan and Anne Winter

Brad & Sue Wyman

$250–$499Peter Bergh & Janet Prince

Bill & Thomas Blonkowski

Martha Buckley & Chris Tracy*

Dave Caplan

Katina Daanen

Steve Gladstone

Lynn Harrison

John Hartwick

Margaret Hawthorn

Bill Hill

Hyde J. Hitchcock

Ben Hoffhine

Peter A. Kaurup

Mart & Grace Malakoff

Marian Marbury

Gregg & Caroline Marston

John & Rebecca Richardson

Roioli Schweiker

Jeff Stickle

John Thompson

$100–$249John M. Barbis

David & Susan Beattie

Regis J. Beaulieu

Robert Bissell

Dan Brinton

Susan Burns

Scott Camlin

Ron Canter

Kristian Carr & Jo D. Saffeir

John Cary & Patty Glidden

Tod Cheney

Maureen Conte & Robert Busby

Mark A. Cote

George Coy

Chris & Ann Crow*

Earl DeCarli

Donald A. DeGraeve

Henry J. Dziadosz

Paul & Jean Egbert

Elizabeth E. Ehrenfeld

Alan J. Flint

Larry & Anne Forcier

Ellen Ford

Dennis Fortin

Susan Freimuth

Mark Fromm

Tim Galvin

James Garland & Carol Andreae

Bea Garvan

Mark Geoffroy

James & Patricia Giblin

Sue & Don Gilbert

Chris & Patty Gill

Nancy W. Gladstone

Stuart & Corrieann Graves

Jackie Grimes

Stefan Gutermuth

Kenneth Hill

Tim & Elissa Hill*

Howard Horowitz & Alisse Waterston

Judy Hughes

Bruce Kagan

Tanya Kandris

Ed Kfoury

Elizabeth R. Kiebala

Mark Kuprych

Rick LaFleur

Timothy Lewis

Laurie & Bruce Lindwall

David & Judith Lloyd

Doug Luke

James Lyons

Gerry Magnes

Lawrence & Janis Malone

Randy Mardres, Jr.

Nancy Marshall

David & Lucy Marvin

William B. Mather

John & Karen McKenna

Mike Messink

John E. Meyn

David & Meg Morley

Jeff Morris

Werner Mueller

Kevin Nadeau

Scott Naylor

Richard P Noonan

Jeffrey Norris

Spencer Corliss Ordway

Henry W. Parker

Richard Pelmas

Peter Perrino

David Pill

Roger Plourde

Thomas Quarles

James & Jean Quigley

Pierre Quirin

Barry Rains

Cornelis Rijnbrand

Gord & Janet Roberge

Jennifer & Kip Roberts

Jerry Ross

Andre Martin Rougeot

Brian Schwinn*

David & Elvera Shappirio

Christopher Shaw & Sue Kavanagh

Walter O. Shepard, Jr.

Greg Shute

Sasha Silver

Bruce & Mary Sloat

Kenneth R. Smith

Larry Soroka & Cerise Oberman

Mark Stancher

Mike Stavola

Curtis Stiles

John Hoyt Stookey

Jeff Sutton

Leslie Swanson

Louise Nunan Taylor

Karrie Thomas

John P. Trainor

Ned & Kay Van Woert

Charles F. West

Warren Whitney & Betsy Ham

Jeff Wild

Jeremy R. Wintersteen

Charlie & Merrie Woodworth

Byron & Myrtis Yake

Diana Hartwick Young

BUSINESSESAdirondack Lakes &

Trails Outfitters

Colden Canoe Company

Collinsville Canoe & Kayak

ELC Outdoors

Three Mountain Associates

IN HONORTod Cheney in honor of

Henry David Thoreau

Mark Fromm in honor of volun-teers and through paddlers

Chris & Patty Gill in honor of Peerless Handcuff Company

Jackie Grimes in honor of Ian Smith

Roberta Horowitz in honor of the marriage of Ruthann & Ted

Mark Kuprych in honor of those who understand why we go out into the heart of nature

Kyle Lewis in honor of Wally O

Jennifer & Kip Roberts in honor of Bill Schomburg

Three Mountain Associates in honor of Pelican International Company

In honor of Ben Malakoff

Mary Berry

George Constantz

Paula Deutsch

Janet James

David Malakoff & Amy Young

Eliza Hartwick Malakoff

Grace Swigart Malakoff

Elizabeth Pennisi

Anthony Manzo & Rachel Young

Brigid Schulte

Diana Hartwick Young

Jon Young

IN MEMORYMarian Marbury in memory

of Josephine Marbury

Betsy Paine in memory of William D. Paine

Werner Paddles in memory of Schiele Brewer

MATCHING GIFTSBristol-Myers Squibb Company

GE Foundation

Goodrich Foundation

HP Company Foundation

Verisk Analytics Matching Gifts Program

CORPORATE DONORSAdventurous Joe Coffee, LLC

Bending Branches

Cache Lake Foods

CamelBak Products

Canoe & Kayak Magazine

Concept2

Eagle Creek

Eureka

Exped

Gregory Mountain Products

Hornbeck Boats

Ibex Outdoor Clothing

Kokatat

Liberty Bottleworks

Lincoln Canoe & Kayak

L.L.Bean

Mountaineers Books

MTI AdventureWear

Necky Kayaks

NEMO Equipment

NorthWest Canoe

NRS

Ocean Kayak

Old Town Canoe

Outdoor Retailer

Paddling.net

Patagonia

Pelican

REI

Seal Line

SEA-LECT Designs

Smartwool Corporation

Suspenz

Vermont Canoe

Wenonah Canoe

Werner Paddles

BUSINESS PARTNERS

Class VAdirondack Lakes & Trails

Outfitters

Camping Carrefour Des Campeurs

Canoe & Co

ELC Outdoors

Jackson’s Lodge

L.L. Cote

Marlboro College Outdoor Program

Montgomery Adventures

Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company

Outdoor Gear Exchange

Outdoor Sports Center

Placid Waters Kayaking

Class IVCollinsville Canoe & Kayak

Great Glen Trails

Shaw & Tenney

Tremolo

Vert le Mont B&B

Class IIIAdirondack Exposure

Allagash Canoe Trips

Allagash Guide Service

Attean Lake Lodge

Charles River Canoe & Kayak

Cochran’s Cabins & Kiwassa Lake B&B

Cry of the Loon Outdoor Adventures

Donnelly’s Sunset Point

Ecopelagicon Nature Store

Gord’s Corner Store

Hudson River Recreation

Hulbert Outdoor Center

Jersey Paddler

Kittery Trading Post

Mahoosuc Outdoors

Memphremagog Watershed Association

Northeast Whitewater

Northern Door Inn

Old Forge Hardware

Pelletier’s Campground

Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce

Raquette River Outfitters

St. Regis Canoe Outfitters

St. Williams on Long Point

The Last Resort Cabins & Campground

Town of Long Lake

Tranquillity Lodge

GRANTSAllagash Wilderness Waterway

Foundation

American Canoe Association

Davis Conservation Foundation

H. King & Jean Cummings Charitable Fund of the Maine Community Foundation

Eastern Outdoor Reps Association

Elmina B. Sewall Foundation

Fields Pond Foundation

Lake Champlain Basin Program

Leonard C. & Mildred F. Ferguson Foundation

Hamill Family Foundation

Lennox Foundation

Maine Community Foundation

Mount Philo Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission

New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation

Outdoor Gear Exchange

Quimby Family Foundation

REI

Rotary Club of Lake Placid

USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program – NH

Vermont River Conservancy

Vermont Watershed Grants Program

Wyman Family Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

*Includes matching gifts

Enormous thanks go to our contributors who support our mission and programs. We are grateful for and value your support!

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Stewardship Along the TrailVolunteer this Summer on a Waterway Work Trip

Our weekend service trips are an excellent way to experience new lakes and rivers while making substantial improvements to NFCT’s access, camp-sites, and portage paths. We welcome your participation!

Trips run from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. Camping is arranged near the worksite and paddling oppor-tunities are always built-in. Cost: $60 member/$75 non-member (covers meals). For project details, visit our website at Get Involved.

Register online or contact Walter Opuszynski at (802) 496-2285 ext 2, walter@northernforestcanoetrail.org.

Waterway Work Trips

July 3–5, Saranac River Campsites, NYCreate two primitive campsites and maintain several others. Group paddle: Saranac River.

July 10–12, Upper Ammonoosuc River, NHInstall two bin privies at primitive campsites and open up a trail corridor for a new access ramp in Stark. Group paddle: Upper Ammonoosuc River.

July 10–12, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, ME Build a new stone staircase at High Bank campsite. Group paddle: Churchill Lake & Chase Rapids.

July 17–19, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, MEInstall stone steps to improve access at Churchill Dam Campground. Group paddle: Churchill Lake & Chase Rapids.

July 17–19, Yale Dale Portage Trail & Lean-to, VTDevelop a portage trail and build a lean-to along the lower stretch of the Clyde River. Group paddle: Clyde River, Clyde Pond or Lake Memphremagog.

July 24–26, Rangeley Forestry Museum, MEInstall a double-chamber moldering privy at a new lean-to site. Plan to be a part of NFCT’s float on Saturday morning for a logging festival parade! Group paddle: Haley Pond or Rangeley River.

July 31–Aug. 2, Demo Bridge Portage, ME – Phase 1Begin restoring a safer, more user-friendly portage around the bridge including harvesting rocks to build a stone staircase and installing a culvert. Group paddle: Moose River.

Aug. 7–9, Demo Bridge Portage, ME – Phase 2Continue work to complete restoring a safer portage around the bridge including harvesting rock to build a stone staircase and installing a culvert. Group paddle: Moose River.

Trail Map UpdatesAccurate maps are important to

navigating the Northern Forest Canoe Trail but the trail is constantly changing. As new campsites are added and portage trails refined, we publish all map updates online. Detailed changes can be found on our website at Plan a Trip/Trail Updates.

Here is a sample of improvements to add to your maps:

MAP 3 New primitive campsite in the Town of Plattsburgh on the Saranac River.

MAP 6New portage around the lower stretches of the Clyde River. New campsite on the west shore of Salem Lake.

MAP 7Long-term paddler parking now available at Normandeau Campsite (ideal place to leave vehicle when doing the Upper Ammonoosuc or Connecticut Rivers).

MAP 8 & 9New lean-to at the Maine Forestry Museum (formerly Rangeley Lakes Regional Logging Museum).

MAP 9New portage route around Grand Falls—it’s now on river right instead of river left.

From peeling to notching to raising, volunteers helped build a new lean-to in Rangeley, ME.

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On-the-Trail Washing Stations for Canoes & Kayaks

Aquatic invasive species are changing the ecology and habitat of lakes and rivers, and can be transported to new water bodies by hitchhiking on our boats and gear. You can help prevent their spread by using boat washing stations.

NFCT now has paddler-specific boat washing stations at Louie’s Landing in the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, VT, and at Normandeau Campsite on the Upper Ammonoosuc River in Groveton, NH. Please take the time to pause mid-trip to use these stands to wash down your boat and gear, especially before moving upstream from one water body to another along the trail.

NFCT Missisquoi Paddle & Pedal Race: Saturday, June 27

Join us for this inaugural race between Richford and East Berkshire, VT. The course will combine 6.5 miles of flatwater paddling on the Missisquoi River, and 4.5 miles of cycling back on the adjacent Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail. This race is a beginner friendly event and great for all abilities. (It also coincides with the Richford River Fest in Davis Park!) See race schedule and registration details online.

NFCT Freshet Fest Saturday, May 9

Meet fellow canoeists and kayakers in Burlington, VT for our spring paddlers gathering! On the water, learn how to pole upstream. Inside, hear stories and ask advice from NFCT Through Paddlers. Cost: $22 members/$27 non-members. Space is limited; register online or by emailing noah@northernforestcanoetrail.org.

SCHEDULE10am–Noon: Morning poling clinic with Matt Hopkinson

1pm–3:30pm: Afternoon paddle on the LaPlatte River

4:30pm: Gather at Splash-at-the-Boathouse on Lake Champlain

5pm–6pm: “Ask an NFCT Through Paddler” panel discussion

6pm–7pm: Socializing and dinner

7pm: Presentation “Upstream Challenge: 180 Miles by Canoe” by Matt Hopkinson

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Win a Weeklong Canoe Trip on the AllagashMaine’s Allagash Wilderness Waterway is a bucket-list adventure! Join or renew your membership and you will be entered into our drawing for this FREE guided trip courtesy of Allagash Canoe Trips. Highlights: Allagash Falls,lakes-rapids-meandering flatwater,the Tramway, swimming, wildernesscampsites and moose!

TRIP FOR ONE INCLUDES:

Greenville, ME

Drawing and notification to winner will take place in January 2016.

$945+ Value

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If traveling upstream, please Drain-Clean-Dry your boat at Normandeau Campsite shortly after entering the Upper Ammonoosuc River.

Wild & Scenic Ceremony Saturday, June 6Join us and our Northern Vermont partners in celebrating the designation of 46 miles of the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers as a National Wild and Scenic River System! The public is welcome to a ceremony starting at 11:30am followed by afternoon activities, exhibitors and food at The Abbey in Sheldon, VT. View more details online.

Little W Shoreline Protected

Thanks to the Forest Society of Maine

and the State of Maine, Moosehead

Lake’s Little W Shoreline will have

public access. The two miles of

waterfront are on the NFCT just

southwest of the Northeast Carry.

Stay tuned for a future campsite!

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Sign-up for Northern Forest Explorers

From the Adirondacks to the Allagash, our Youth Program teacheskids how to canoe, kayak, camp and beconfidant in the outdoors. Our 5–day trips are led by experienced local guideswho provide boats, gear and paddling instruction. Along with our interns, they share their knowledge of river ecology,water quality, and where to spy aneagle’s nest or a dining moose!

New this year, registration is opento any child aged 10–14 no matterwhere they live, unless otherwise noted. Space is limited. Cost: $500 (scholarshipsare available). Read trip descriptions on our website. Download forms tomail-in, or register online. Direct any questions to program coordinator Kevin Mack at (802) 535–5855,kevin@northernforestcanoetrail.org.

June 22–26, Whitewater on theAndroscoggin River, NHJune 29–July 3, The Mighty Connecticut River, NHJuly 6–10, Heart of the Adirondacks, Raquette River, NYJuly 13–17, Northeast Kingdom Wild,77Clyde River, VTJuly 20–24, Western Maine Mountains, Flagstaff Lake, ME*July 20–24, Casco Bay CoastalAdventure, ME*July 27–31, Maine’s Lakes & Mountains, Rangeley, MEJuly 27–31, Adirondack Lakes,Raquette Lake, NYAug. 3–7, Missisquoi River Fishing Adventure, VT

Aug. 3–7, Thoreau’s Maine, West77Branch of the Penobscot River, MEAug. 10–14, Maine’s Wild AllagashRiver, ME**

*These trips are for residents of Maine only ages 12–14 in collaboration with the Maine Youth Outdoor Network.

**This trip is for residents of Maine only ages 10–14.

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Androscoggin trippers learn the basics of whitewater kayaking.

Each camper writes a letter to themself that we mail back to them the following winter.

Explorers navigate the locks entering Lower Saranac Lake.Explorers navigate the locks entering

Each camper writes a letter to themself that we mail Androscoggin trippers learn the basics of

Connecting with others who value paddling and preserving these waterways was a fun, community-oriented way to both play and serve!” — L. Schoenbeck, Burlington, VT

Do you want to go for a paddle but have no idea how to begin? Do you own a canoe or kayak and feel a little intimidated using it? Do you have multiple boats and want to meet new paddlers?

If you said yes to any of these questions, come paddle with us this summer. Trips are typically 4–6 hours

long and geared for beginners to inter-mediates. Our experienced volunteer leaders are eager to share their love of their local rivers and lakes with you.

Visit our online Calendar of Events for a list of destinations—check back often for new trips as they line up—and like us on Facebook for announcements.

Northern Forest Canoe Trail Paddle Series

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Happy 50th to Werner PaddlesCongrats to our friends at Werner

Paddles on their 50th anniversary. The popular paddlesport manufacturer is well known for their selection of canoe, kayak, stand up, whitewater and touring paddles.

For more than a decade, Werner has supported our mission with annual contribu-tions and in-kind giving. We are proud to be selected as a partner

in their Healthy Waters initiative which supports non-profits that protect the places that we paddle. Our whole hearted thanks for Werner’s generosity! Visit wernerpaddles.com

Lincoln Donates a ConcordWe thank Lincoln Canoe & Kayak

for donating a canoe to help us raise funds for our Trail Stewardship Program. An NFCT fan, owner Marc Bourgoin has supported us over the

years with boat donations and selling our maps and memberships in his shop. We wish Lincoln luck at their new location in Amesbury, MA, and we look forward to giving a Concord to a lucky winner this July. Visit paddlelincoln.com

Northstar Contributes a Northwind

Our thanks go to Minnesota-based Northstar Canoes for supporting our Trail Experiences Program with a donation of a Northwind canoe. Owner Ted Bell is no stranger to NFCT and the paddlesport community, and we’re thrilled to have his support rekindled in his newest boat-building venture. You have plenty of time to get your raffle tickets before the drawing in September. Visit northstarcanoes.com

Through Paddler’s CompanionWant to paddle the NFCT in one

go? Get a copy of Katina Daanen’s book which knowledgeably describes the journey from Old Forge, NY to Fort Kent, ME. We thank Katina for donating 4% of her proceeds to NFCT’s Trail Fund.Visit nfctpaddler.com

Supporter News

Thanks to Our Business Partners

Thanks to Our Corporate Supporters

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Class III

Adirondack Exposure

Allagash Guide Service

Attean Lake Lodge

Blueberry Hill Inn & Café

Camp Tecumseh

Cedar Pond Campground

Charles River Canoe & Kayak

Clyde River Recreation

Cry of the Loon Outdoor Adventures

Donnelly’s Sunset Point

Ecopelagicon Nature Store

Frisky Otter Tours

Hulbert Outdoor Center

Indian Hill Motel

Memphremagog Watershed Association

Montgomery Adventures

Northeast Whitewater

Old Forge Hardware

Outdoor ESCAPES New Hampshire

Pelletier’s Campground

Rangeley Region Lake Cruises & Loon’s Nest

Raquette River Outfitters

The Stone Rappers

Three Mountain Associates

Tickner’s Moose River Paddling

Tranquility Lodge

Tremolo Paddles

Vert Le Mont

White Wolf Inn

Trail Partner

Adirondack Watershed Alliance

Clyde River House

Clyde River Outfitters

Flying Disc Café

Great Camp Sagamore

Grey Gables Mansion Bed & Breakfast

Kingdom Trails

Lakeside Camping

Mac’s Canoe Livery

Maine Huts & Trails

Nansen Ski Club

Newport Natural Market & Café

Salt Water Workshop

Scampy’s Country Store & Deli

Simon the Tanner

Swanton Motel

Ted’s Market & Deli

The Abbey Restaurant

The Great Outdoors of Vermont

Village Deli & General Store

Yellow Deli

Class V

Class IV

Northern Door InnThe Last Resort Cabins & Campground

P.O. Box 565 Waitsfield, VT 05673

Members receive 15% off NFCT publications.

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THANKS TO OUR CO-HOSTS—WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT THEM!

The Northern Forest Canoe Trail presents Rapid Media’s Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour 2015

APRIL 10 . . . . . Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY

APRIL 15 . . . . . Red River Theatres, Concord, NH

APRIL 16 . . . . . Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, VT (7:30 pm start)

APRIL 30 . . . . . University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

MAY 7 . . . . . Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA

Shows start at 7:00 pm unless otherwise noted. Cost: $12 in advance; $15 at the door. Get tickets online at: NorthernForestCanoeTrail.org

SSSSave the date—we hope to see you on the NFCT!SSS thhh ddd t hhh t thhh NNFFCCTT!!

See inside or online for more details. NorthernForestCanoeTrail.org

May 9 NFCT Freshet Fest, Burlington, VT

June 6 Upper Missisquoi Wild & Scenic Rivers Celebration, Sheldon, VT

June 27 Missisquoi Paddle & Pedal Race, Richford, VT

July 11 Raquette Lake Sprint Challenge, Long Lake, NY

July 18 Family Paddle Day, Swanton, VT

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