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Allagash River Boat Launch

Boat ramp · on Allagash River · near T13 R12 WELS · Maine

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Ramp surface
Gravel
Restrooms
No
Managed by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Coordinates
46.76364, -69.30524

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This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.

On Allagash River

The Allagash River is a tributary of the Saint John River in the Maine North Woods. It runs about 65 miles through remote wilderness north of Mount Katahdin. The river leaves Churchill Lake at Churchill Depot in northern Piscataquis County and flows generally northeast through a chain of natural lakes, including Umsaskis Lake, Long Lake and Round Pond. It joins the Saint John at the town of Allagash, near the New Brunswick border. Its name comes from an Abenaki word meaning "bark stream." Dams built in the 1840s turned the water of Allagash, Chamberlain and Telos lakes into the East Branch of the Penobscot River so that logs could be floated south. Today Lock Dam sends some water from Chamberlain Lake back into Eagle Lake and then down the Allagash. Churchill Dam, first a wooden dam and later replaced in concrete, stands at the outlet of Churchill Lake. At a USGS gauge 3 miles above the mouth, the river drains 1,479 square miles and averages 1,967 cubic feet per second. More about Allagash River.

Boating rules on Allagash River

  • From Lock Dam Stream north to Twin Brook Rapids, only canoes and kayaks may be used, without motors or with motors of 10 hp or less source
  • Canoes may be no wider than 20% of their length (transom no wider than 26 inches), and kayaks no wider than 25% of their length source
  • Inflatable watercraft are prohibited except on Telos and Chamberlain lakes source
  • Water skiing and towing people behind boats are prohibited source
  • Groups of more than 12 people are prohibited on the watercourse and at campsites source
  • Camping only at authorized campsites; overnight parties must register source

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Why it is listed as public: listed by Maine public boat launches (Maine GeoLibrary). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.