Wabanaki Ecological Knowledge


Poling up the West Branch, Penobscot River, ca. 1920

Poling up the West Branch, Penobscot River, ca. 1920
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Norcross Heritage Trust

Gene Hale, left, and respected Penobscot Indian guide Joe Dennis, right, pole their canoes up the West Branch of the Penobscot River. Hale and Dennis worked as guides for the region's sporting camps.

The scene is somewhere near Abol Falls, and Mt. Katahdin is in the background.

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