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A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States


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Cover

Contents

Foreword

Supplemental Foreword

Introduction

Recreational Habits and Needs

Aspects of Recreational Planning

Present Public Outdoor Recreational Facilities

Administration

Financing

Legislation

A Park and Recreational Land Plan


A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States
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A Park and Recreational Land Plan for the United States (continued)

MAINE

A VAST bulk of this State's people are concentrated along the three major rivers (Adroscoggin, Kennebec, and Penobscot), in the south western portion of the State, and along the boundary of New Brunswick in the northeast. There are vast unpopulated areas in the northern section. It has a relatively small foreign-born population. Trend indicate a small increase in population during the next few decades. It has a large seasonal influx of summer residents, vacationists, and tourists.

The State's principal recreational resources are its mountains, its 2,500 miles of seashore (which includes 1,300 islands along the coast), its 1,400 miles of rivers and streams, and 2,222 lakes and ponds. Its abundance of fish and game annually attracts thousands of fishermen and hunters. Its climate is suitable for both summer and winter recreational activities. It has many important historic forts and sites. Most of the State's public recreational lands are located in inaccessible sections. Its immediate needs, therefore, include the acquisition and development of areas near its population centers. At least two of these areas should he seashore parks. Further consideration should also be given to the acquisition and preservation of its important historic sites.

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FEDERAL

National Park:
25. Acadia23,412.04

National forests:
3. Massabesic Experimental2,503
6. White Mountain45,369
     Total
147,872

National wildlife areas:
20. Widow's Island12
28. Moosehorn Migratory Bird Refuge17,968.21
     Total
17,980.21

Recreational demonstration area:
18. Camden Hills4,961.68


INTERSTATE

Trailway:
7. Appalachian Trail



STATE

State parks:
4. Sebago Lake21,295.9
5. Pleasant Mountain Reservation20
8. Mount Blue,Center Hill and Lake Welt24,820.7
9. Bradbury Mountain2172.3
11. N. B. S. Sugarloaf Islands3
14. State House Park20
17. Lake St. George and Fryeburg Mountains23,793.3
23. Baxter35,960
24. Aroostook County100
     Total
16,185.2

State monuments:
1. Fort McClary25.67
2. John Paul Jones6.64
10. Mere Point Memorial Park1
12. Fort Popham7.58
13. Fort Baldwin45.13
15. Fort Edgecomb3
16. Fort Wm. Henry5
19. Fort St. George3
21. Fort Knox124.5
26. Fort Machias2
     Total
223.52

State Forest:
22. Old Town42,085

State waysides:
There are about 170 wayside camp sites and picnic grounds, administered by the Maine Forest Service, which are not indicated on the State map.

1 Area under Federal administration June 1938.

2 Soil Conservation Service areas transferred to State park commission for administration.

3 State owns 12,000 acres surrounding this park.

4 Soil Conservation Service area transferred to State to be administered by University of Maine.

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