Mount Katahdin

Mount Katahdin (HM1A3G)

Location: Millinocket, ME 04462 Piscataquis County
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N 45° 54.27', W 68° 55.294'

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This tablet is placed here by the Forest Commissioner of Maine under order of the governor and Executive Council dated March 16, 1932 to record the gift and conveyance to the state on March 3, 1931 and October 7, 1931 by Percival Proctor Baxter, governor 1921-1925, of nine square miles of land in township 3 range 9 Mt. Katahdin, within which area are located this the highest peak of the mountain 5267 ft., named Baxter Peak by the state legislature laws of Maine 1931, South Peak 5240 ft., Pamola Peak 4902 ft., the North Peaks 4734 ft. and 4612 ft., the Knife Edge, the Chimney, the Tableland, Chimney Pond 2914 ft., Dry Pond 2799 ft., North West Plateau 4401 ft., Harvey Ridge 4182 ft., Hamlin Peak 4751 ft., Rum Mountain 3361 ft. and the Great, North and South Basins.

This gift was made upon the express condition that the said tract so donated and conveyed shall forever be used for public park and recreational purposes, shall forever be left in the natural wild state, shall forever be kept as a sanctuary for wild beasts and birds, that no roads or ways for motor vehicles shall hereafter ever be constructed therein or thereon," and was so accepted by the state legislature laws of Maine 1931 and by Order of the Governor and Executive Council October 7, 1931.

Nick Violetti? ? ? ? ? William Tudor Gardiner
Forest Commissioner ? ? ? ? ? Governor
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HM NumberHM1A3G
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Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 6:55am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 506083 N 5083439
Decimal Degrees45.90450000, -68.92156667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 54.27', W 68° 55.294'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 54' 16.20" N, 68° 55' 17.64" W
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Area Code(s)207
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2301 Knife Edge Trail, Millinocket ME 04462, US
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