Maine Camping Guide 2016-2017

from Maine Camping Guide 2016-2017

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Kennebec Valley continued from page 60 with the Native Americans who lived in the area. A small admission fee is required. No cost to students and edu cational groups.

• Old Fort Western in Augusta is New England’s oldest surviving wooden fort. Costumed museum teachers in terpret 18th-century military, settle ment, trade and family life in the origi nal main house built in 1754.

• The L.C. Bates Museum in Hinkley is known for its exhibits of natural his tory housed in a 1903 school building. Collections include natural history, Americana, art, archeology and eth nology.

• Fort Halifax in Winslow was the old est blockhouse in the United States be fore it was destroyed in an April flood in 1987. A reconstructed blockhouse — which includes many of the original timbers — now stands on the Fort’s original site.

• The Pittsfield Train Depot Museum features Civil War, railroad, and Lance House Hotel memorabilia.

• Arnold’s Landing in Solon is the site of Benedict Arnold’s camp.

• Moxie Falls, one of Maine’s highest waterfalls (96-foot drop) located two miles north of The Forks.

• The Waterville Opera House is home to local, national and international the ater, music and film performances.

• Colby College Museum of Art in Wa terville emphasizes American Art and collections by John Marin and Alex Katz. Check

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