[Medomak Camp] Reel 18

Date1948

AbstractFootage of Rangers viewing a map and choosing paddles outside the trip shack with Tom Sinclair and another counselor. Footage of Rangers on a pier practicing rowing techniques. Footage of Rangers in canoes on a lake, including a demonstration on how to right an overturned canoe. Footage of Rangers practicing poling both up and down stream on a river, including a canoe overturning. Footage of Rangers learning how to sharpen an ax, cut logs and set up a tent with the proper knots. Footage of Rangers on a trip, including loading canoes onto a truck, leaving Medomak Camp, a shot of a sign that reads, “This is GODS Country Why set it on fire and make it look like HELL,” Rangers carrying gear to the canoes in Greenville, ME, a shot of a deer at a campsite, Rangers in canoes, a portage at Mud Pond Carry assisted by a horse drawn cart, boys in canoes shooting a sluice in a small dam, Rangers making donuts at a campsite, walking canoes upstream, sawing wood, fishing, cooking and eating fish and arriving at the Maine Forest Service cabin, a few shots of a loon’s nest with eggs, a portage, Rangers cooking pancakes and fish for breakfast, a few shots of a forest service plane on the water, a shot of a loon, Rangers working together to move a large rock at a campsite, Rangers rowing past a large dam, Rangers at Allagash falls, a campsite in a field, Rangers patching a canoe, making a wood pile and washing out empty trip boxes, Rangers at a campsite on Chimney Pond, climbing up to Baxter Peak on Mount Katahdin and Index Peak, the view from atop Mount Katahdin, Rangers at a campsite cooking and eating hash and sawing logs and Rangers returning to Camp Medomak. Donor Notes: All names and the majority of the locations come from the donor’s notes. Please refer to them for further information.