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Anne Leslie

Bringing the Mountain to Chewonki

By Anne Leslie on June 8, 2019

Step through the double doors of Chewonki’s Center of Environmental Education and follow the trail markers to Katahdin. Katahdin: Maine’s highest mountain! It is the subject of legends among generations of native peoples and Chewonki folk. Thanks to Gordon Hall III (Boys Camp staff 1951-1953; Chewonki trustee 1972-present; chair of the board 1997-2004; past participant…

Wilderness Trip Training: the rough and the ready get rolling

By Anne Leslie on June 26, 2017

Two weeks before the first students set foot on Chewonki Neck for the summer, 46 energetic, eager young men and women arrive to kick off the season with staff training. Twenty-seven of them will lead backpacking, canoeing, whitewater kayaking, and sea kayaking expeditions for Chewonki Wilderness Trips this summer. Nine are Boys Camp counselors who…

In Maine, Spring Showers Bring Roaring Rivers

By Anne Leslie on May 17, 2017

Heavy rains this spring have sent Maine rivers in the North Woods bounding over their banks. That includes the West Branch of the Penobscot, on which Chewonki’s Big Eddy Cabins and Campground are located. Site Manager Don Lamson and Assistant Manager Sarah Sindo, a photographer, made a visit to Big Eddy in early May and…