57 

 SOMERSET COUNTY. 



Boundaries : North by Aroostook and Canada, east bj- 

 Penobscot and Piscataquis, south by Kennebec and Waldo, 

 and west by Franklin County and Canada. 



Area, 3510 sq. m. ; water area, 214 sq. m. One of the 

 eight principal counties abounding in fish and game. 



Railroad Connections. 



Somerset Railway from Oakland, on M. C. R. R., to 

 Bingham, 41 m. ; Skowhegan Branch of M. C. R. R. from 

 Waterville, on M. C. R. R. to Skowhegan, 19 m. ; Canadian 

 Pacific Ry. from Greenville to boundary, 68 m., thence to 

 Lake Megantic and Montreal, or from Greenville to Danforth 

 and St. John; Sebasticook R. R. from Pittsfield, on M. C. R. 

 R. to Hartland, S m. 



Hunting and Fishing- Resorts. 



Contains 269 lakes and ponds. 



The Kennebec River flows through this county in a 

 southerly direction from Moosehead Ivake. 



Skowhegan, shire town, 103 m. from Portland, 218 m. 

 from Boston, is one of our prettiest Maine villages, situ- 

 ated on the Kennebec River, with extensive water power ; 

 from this village many long and beautiful drives over a 

 charming country may be had, and many ponds and brook 

 trout stream-^ can be easily reached, affording excellent sport 

 for the fisherman ; first class accommodation found at the 

 Heselton House, also at the Skowhegan House. 



Madison Pond, more familiarly known as Hayden I^ake, 

 is a lovely sheet of water, with beautiful surroundings, 5 m. 

 1., filled with trout, land-locked salmon, black bass, white 

 perch and pickerel, affording excellent sport for the sports- 

 man ; it is reached from Skowhegan by electric railway, 5 

 m. ; on the line of the electric railway, on the shore of the 

 lake, is a beautiful park in which are many of the game and 

 other animals of the State, and which is visited by thousands 

 of sportsmen and tourists. The Somerset Traction Co. oper- 

 ates the line of the electric railway, which runs through a 

 beautiful and picturesque country to this lake, and, in con- 

 nection with its park, have an elegant and finely equipped 

 hotel. The park, the lake, and the surroundings combine to 

 make this one of the most popular resorts in Maine. 



