Bigelow Preserve

IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

Avery Peak on Mount Bigelow

Location| Maine, United States
Nearest city| Skowhegan, Maine
Coordinates| 45°09′N 70°18′W﻿ / ﻿45.150°N 70.300°W﻿ / 45.150; -70.300
Area| 36,000 acres (15,000 ha)
Established| 1976
Governing body| Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Official website

Bigelow Mountain Preserve is a 36,000 acres (15,000 ha) state-owned nature preserve in the western part of the U.S. state of Maine.[1][2] Located in the village of Stratton within Eustis, Franklin County, Maine, the preserve was created in 1976 in order to stop a proposed development of a ski resort in the area.[3] It is home to Mount Bigelow, one of Maine's highest mountains at an elevation of 4,145 feet (1,263 m), and Flagstaff Lake.[2]

The namesake of both Bigelow Preserve and Mount Bigelow is Major Timothy Bigelow, a Revolutionary War patriot who climbed Mount Bigelow in October of 1775 "for the purpose of observation."[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Bigelow". Mainely Hiking. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
2. ^ a b "Bigelow Preserve Public Reserved Land". Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
3. ^ Condon, Mark (July 2000). "Maine's Bigelow Preserve". Backpacker Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
4. ^ Hersey, Charles (2022-01-15). "Hersey, Charles, Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow (1860)". gutenberg.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

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Kennebec River Watershed

Tributaries|

* Abagadasset River
* Carrabassett River
* Dead River
* East Branch Eastern River
* East Branch Moose River
* East Branch Sebasticook River
* Eastern River
* Lemon Stream
* Little River
* Moose River
* Moxie Falls
* North Branch Dead River
* Roach River
* Sandy River
* Sebasticook River
* South Branch Dead River
* South Branch Moose River
* South Branch Sandy River
* West Branch Carrabassett River
* West Branch Eastern River
* West Branch Moose River

Lakes|

* Annabessacook Lake
* Attean Pond
* Brassua Lake
* China Lake
* Cobbosseecontee Lake
* East Pond
* Embden Pond
* Enchanted Pond
* First Roach Pond
* Flagstaff Lake
* Great Moose Lake
* Great Pond
* Indian Pond
* Long Pond (Belgrade Lakes)
* Long Pond (Moose River)
* Maranacook Lake
* Messalonskee Lake
* Moosehead Lake
* Moxie Pond
* Narrows Pond
* North Pond
* Pleasant Pond
* Sebasticook Lake
* Spencer Lake
* Staples Pond
* Unity Pond
* Wood Pond
* Wyman Dam

Towns|

* Albion
* Anson
* Athens
* Augusta
* Bath
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* China
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* Embden
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* Farmington
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* Madison
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* Solon
* Smithfield
* Stratton
* Strong
* Unity
* Vassalboro
* Vienna
* Waterville
* Wilton
* Winslow
* Winthrop
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Landmarks|

* Mount Abraham
* Arnold Trail
* Augusta Memorial Bridge
* Bath Iron Works
* Bigelow Preserve
* Mount Bigelow
* Carlton Bridge
* Crocker Mountain
* Fort Halifax
* Harris Station Dam
* International Railway of Maine
* Kennebec Central Railroad
* Maine Kennebec Bridge
* Major Reuben Colburn House
* Pearl Harbor Remembrance Bridge
* Mount Redington
* Sagadahoc Bridge
* Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
* Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
* Somerset Railroad
* Spaulding Mountain
* Sugarloaf Mountain
* Togus

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