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Forbes Pit Boat Launch

Boat ramp · on Aroostook River · near Caribou · 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
Trailer parking
12 spaces
Car parking
12 spaces
Restrooms
No
Wheelchair access
Barrier Free
Managed by
Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Coordinates
46.82443, -67.92126

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On Aroostook River

The Aroostook River is a 112-mile tributary of the Saint John River in Maine and New Brunswick, and its basin is the largest sub-drainage of the Saint John. It rises at the confluence of Millinocket and Munsungan streams in northern Penobscot County, runs through Ashland, passes north of Presque Isle and east of Caribou, and joins the Saint John at Aroostook, New Brunswick, after crossing the border at Fort Fairfield. At Caribou it is impounded by the Caribou Development of the Aroostook River Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2367), licensed to Aroostook Power, Inc. Ice-dam floods occur relatively often. More about Aroostook River.

Boating rules on Aroostook River

  • Headway speed required within 200 feet of any shoreline, including islands (Maine statewide law) source
  • The safety boom above the Caribou dam is removed in fall and replaced in spring after ice-out; take out on the west bank about 0.3 mile above the dam 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.