The Year-Round Guide to Vacationing at Traditional Hunting and Fishing Lodges

The only guide of its kind, Alice Arlen's authoritative and comprehensive guide recommends more than 80 traditional hunting and fishing lodges in northern Maine that offer vacation packages for curious travelers as well as sportsmen in search of an unusual getaway

Unique to Maine, and part of a 50-year tradition, Maine sporting camps are typically family-owned affairs with a central dining lodge serving home-cooked meals, and individual rental cabins set along a lakeshore. Scattered throughout the state, no two camps are exactly alike. Some are easily accessible and offer a full range of outdoor activities for families; others are deep in the woods and ideal for a fishing or hunting retreat. This guide, full of factual details and stories, is the only resource describing where to find these unique wilderness getaways.

Activities available at Maine sporting camps include fishing, hunting, boating, hiking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, snowmobiling, birding, and moose-watching. Hearty home-cooked meals and cozy cabins make hanging around camp just as appealing as exploring the wilds. This complete guide describes more than 80 traditional sporting camps in northern Maine. At-a-glance headings for each camp tell you how to get there, when to go, what to bring, rates, and a description of the facilities and activities offered. Interviews with camp owners and selected recipes from camp kitchens round out this portrait of a rare and beloved way of life.

“Takes readers on a trip to the heart of Maine . . . where the people are friendly, the food is good, and the scenery is spectacular. It's a trip you won't soon forget.”
—Maine Governor Angus King

$18.95 (Can. $28.50)
0-88150-560-9
June 2003
6 x 9, 288 pages, paperback, 50 black & white illustrations, 6 maps, recipes, index