Spring is in the Air!
We have been very lucky to have such a great winter here in “our neck of the woods” with snow and ice on Umbagog Lake! We have been taking out lots of people on some very memorable dog sledding trips!
We have been very lucky to have such a great winter here in “our neck of the woods” with snow and ice on Umbagog Lake! We have been taking out lots of people on some very memorable dog sledding trips!
We have another month of trips here in Maine and then extend the winter season by going north on a Snowshoeing Trip with the Cree. This is a very rich cultural experience!
It is not too early to book a canoe trip with us. Click here for our schedule.
A new trip we are offering this summer is an Arctic Wildlife Inuit Cultural Basecamp Trip. We are guiding this trip with Inuk Allen Gordon who we have been doing dog sledding trips with for years. There will be a very good chance of seeing musk ox and northern lights on this trip among other amazing things!
Here is a nice blog post written by a couple who went out with us on an overnight trip recently. They were a joy to spend three days with!
Sebago World came to film us last fall, click the links below to see what they produced:
Kevin & canoes and Polly & dogs!
AARP Instagram did a couple nice photo stories on us: click here and click here to view them! Photographer is Craig from Yeah Bud Photography.
Hope you all enjoy the rest of the winter and are getting a chance to get outside and enjoy the natural world!
Polly, Kevin & all the doggies
Guided Allagash river trips are one of the most pleasant and relaxing canoe trips in Maine. You can see Moose, Eagles, and all the wildlife.
I have been guiding on the Allagash river since 1974 and over the years I’ve seen a distinct pattern in terms of usage. Canoeists must use designated campsites on the waterway and there is no reservation system. In peak periods if paddlers don’t secure a campsite by mid-day or shortly thereafter, they may end up […]
For many avid canoeists, the Allagash River Canoe Trip is on their bucket list, and for good reason. Protected by the citizens of Maine through a referendum in 1966, the mandate was to preserve its “forever wild” state. It truly is some of the wildest areas left in the east. In this article, we’ll help […]
Since I was a teenager it was always on my bucket list to paddle the Allagash. In 2018 I retired from a burdensome career and signed up to paddle the river with Mahoosuc guide service (mgs). It was better than wonderful. All I had to do was show up. They provided all the gear and it was good stuff. The river was beautiful, the sights, smells, scenery, distant mountain views were gorgeous. Polly and associate guides were wonderful and fun to be with. They were attentive, careful, observant and caring and brought campfire cooking to an epicurean level. In March 2019 I went on a dog sled winter camping trip with Kevin and Polly and several other guides. It also was great. Safety was paramount. The dogs were eager, energetic, focused and affectionate. The camp was something out of a Jack London novel. Each tent had a small wood stove and was roasty toasty warm. Food was great and plentiful. Kevin and Polly are so much fun to be with. They always made sure I was warm, well fed and happy;
Then in May 2019 I went on a two night canoe trip with my wife and another couple and they are not campers. We had a great time. The four of us, two lady guides (Polly and Jean) and we saw loons and moose and beaver and sunsets.
And then in August I went with MGS to paddle 170 miles on the Yukon river in Alaska. I am getting older, if I don’t do this stuff now, when will I?? It was better than wonderful. I reminisce about all these trips every day. Time is short, life is short, I need to pack it in. Once this pandemic is over, Polly and Kevin will not be able to get rid of me. Polly and Kevin are the models of Maine Master Guides against whom all others should be compared.