The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine History Documents Special Collections 2020 832,000 Acres: Maine's 1825 Fire and Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath, Chapters 5-6 William W. Geller Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory Part of the History Commons Repository Citation Geller, William W., "832,000 Acres: Maine's 1825 Fire and Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath, Chapters 5-6" (2020). Maine History Documents. 316. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/316 This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 832,000 acres - Maine’s 1825 Fire & Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath Chapter 5: Schoodic Stream drainage 157 The drainage 157 Birch operations. 157 Logging operations with log drives 162 Chapter 6: Seboeis Stream drainage 167 The drainage 167 The northwest sector: the Seboeis Lake area (T4R9 N W P ) and the northeast corner of Lake View township (T4R8 N W P ) 168 Harvesting of birch and other non-floating trees 170 Logs that floated: hackmatack 172 Dams, mills, log driving, and stumpage sales 173 The central sector: Endless Lake and the West Branch of Seboeis Stream to the Seboeis settlement 176 The northeast sector: Cedar and East Branch lakes, and the East Branch of Seboeis Stream to Seboeis Stream to the Piscataquis River