Established to preserve a graphic record of the region's lumber industry.. Specializing in Maine logging history.
Activities: Tours
Open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$$ (Moderately Priced); Reduced Rate for Children
Did you know that the forests of Northern Maine once supplied some of the best ship masts in the world and that Bangor was once the largest shipping port for lumber in the world? Massive white pine trees, the modern date state tree, were the wood of choice for the masts on many British and American ships, among others, and the vast northern Maine woods made the area one of the biggest suppliers of lumber for decades in the 1800's. More recently, paper mills, such as the former Great Northern Paper Company, and saw mills produce forest products including coated specialty papers and lumber, among many others, that continue to write the story of the history of logging in Maine.