Three Rivers Sanctuary and Lunksoos Sanctuary

             View from Deasey Mountain, Three Rivers Sanctuary, T3R7 WELS

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Wassataquoik Sanctuary and Valley Sanctuary

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Three Rivers Sanctuary and Lunksoos Sanctuary

Three Rivers and Lunksoos sanctuaries consist of 12,579 acres in northern T3R7 and southwestern T4R7 WELS, Maine. The purpose of the sanctuaries is to protect a portion of the valley of the East Branch of the Penobscot River adjacent to the Wassataquoik Public Reserve Land, to provide sanctuary for its native plants and animals, and to ensure continued public access for compatible, low-impact recreational and educational use. The sanctuaries encompass:

• Over 7 miles of frontage on the Penobscot East Branch (including over 3 miles on both sides), as well as over a mile each on the Seboeis River and Wassataquoik Stream;
• The summit of 1,964-foot Deasey Mountain with its historic fire lookout, the summit of 1,811-foot Lunksoos Mountain with unusual exposures of Ordovician pillow lavas, the north summit of Lookout Mountain (820 ft), and several smaller hills;
• Exemplary examples of silver maple floodplain forests along the East Branch and Seboeis rivers;
• An exemplary hardwood cove forest beneath the cliffs of Lunksoos Mountain with American basswood and older sugar maple;
• Parts of old tote roads and trails dating from the heyday of logging in the Wassataquoik valley during the 19^th century.

As a matter of policy, motor vehicles are permitted only on main access roads. Snowmobiles and off-road vehicles are not permitted in the Sanctuary, except for strictly-limited administrative purposes.  Since the property is a wildlife sanctuary, public access is not permitted for hunting or trapping.  These polices are similar to those in effect in the nearby Baxter State Park. 

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 Restoring the historic fire lookout on Deasey Mountain

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