The Allagash Guide: What You Need to Know to Canoe this Famous Maine Waterway (Fox Chapel Publishing) Winner of the Legendary Maine Guide Award and Endorsed by the Maine Department of Conservation

The Allagash Guide is like having a legendary Maine guide in your canoe!

Are you thinking about taking a canoe trip on the Allagash River? Then you will want this guide filled with information about what to take, how much time you will need, where to start, what to do about your vehicle, campsites, and much, much more!

These 104 pages are so extensively detailed about canoeing the Allagash River in Maine that it's like having expert outdoorsman Gil Gilpatrick along for the trip! With this guide, you'll start your first trip with information that would take years to accumulate on your own.

Inside, you'll find extensive equipment and food lists that evolved over many years and will help you be prepared for a variety of tripping situations. Explore all these subjects in detail:

• Pre-Planning Your Trip
  When to Go
  Things to Do in Advance
• Emergencies
• Packing Up and Getting Underway
  What to Eat
  Cooking
  Equipment
  Lists
  Getting There
  A Visit to Allagash Lake
• Your Itinerary
  How Much Time
  A Sample Itinerary
  Where to Start
• On the Waterway
  Think Safety
  Dealing with the Wind
  Dealing with Bugs
  Allagash Wildlife
  Fishing
  Canoeing with Children
  Get Going Early
• Camping
  Campsites
  The Campfire
  Safe Water for Drinking and Cooking

Inside, you'll also find a brief history of the Allagash, informative appendices of sources and recipes, and a FAQ that addresses common concerns about parking, bears, pets, snakebites, watercraft, and more.

Feel like an Allagash expert your first time out, with The Allagash Guide!

Gil Gilpatrick has been a Master Maine Guide for more than 40 years and has spent more than 30 of those years guiding parties on the Allagash and other of Maine's wilderness rivers. His experience on the Allagash has been gleaned from more than 100 trips through the Waterway, guiding people from all walks of life. Gil was also an instructor of Outdoor Resources at the Skowhegan Regional Vocational Center, where he helped young people to learn to live in and love the outdoors. A prolific writer with several outdoor books to his credit, Gil also writes a monthly column for Maine's Northwoods Sporting Journal.