22 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
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watershed in Maine; and the St. John River from the mouth of Big 
Black River to the northwest branch of the St. John River. After 
several years’ experience on the patrol we feel that there is but 
little fire danger on the St. John River in this section. During the 
summer season the water is usually at a low pitch, not easy to 
traverse with canoes. For this reason we have not during the 
past season maintained a patrol on the river. To off-set this favor- 
able condition in this section, we have some 28 miles of the Cana- 
dian Boundary which is nearly always a source of danger. The 
Canadian farmers in clearing land often burn during a dry period 
ABANDONED FARM SCENES—3. 
Young spruce, pine and fir in old field abandoned fourteen years. 
Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
and with a westerly or northwesterly wind, and our Maine forests 
are dangerously exposed. But it is only fair to state that during 
the past few years the Canadian Government, through its Forestry 
Department, has done much to reduce this fire danger. 
Section 3, Fred A. Lancaster, Chief Warden; Permanent address, 
Old Town, Maine. Summer address, Chesuncook, Maine. 
District No. 6 
Mr. Lancaster was located at the Eagle Lake end of the “Tram- 
way” connecting Eagle and Chamberlain Lakes. 
