24 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
FIRE LOOKOUT STATIONS. 
In this territory we have five lookout stations as follows :— 
1. On Depot Mountain in Twp. No. 14 R. 16, Aroostook County. 
This station is a 60 ft. steel tower built in 1914, replacing a 
platform station in a high spruce tree. 
2. On Rocky Mountain in Twp. No. 18 R. 12, Aroostook County. 
This station was originally built in 1907, at the expense of those 
owning land in that immediate vicinity. In 1917 a new log tower 
was built on another bluff of this mountain. From the two bluffs a 
view can be obtained in all directions. 
3. On Soper Mountain in Twp. No. 8 R. 12, Piscataquis County. 
This tower was originally built of logs in 1909. In 1916 it was 
re-built of logs. 
4. On Priestly Mountain in Twp. No. 10 R. 13, Piscataquis County. 
This is a log tower, built in 1910. This is the best log tower 
we have in this territory. It has a house on the top for the 
watchman. 
It commands a good view of a large area in all directions. 
5. On Allagash Mountain in Twp. No. 7 R. 14, Piscataquis County. 
This is a log tower, built in 1916. 
The log towers are in good usable condition. At best, the life 
of a log tower is limited to a few years. The location of the 
towers at Allagash Mountain, Soper Mountain and Priestly Moun- 
tain almost precludes the possibility of erecting steel towers. It 
appears to be a question of replacing with log towers as condi- 
tions demand. 
The steel tower at Depot Mountain was re-painted in 1917 and 
is in good condition. 
CAMPS 
There is a camp at each of the lookout stations, in which the 
watchman lives. The Department also owns camps built for the 
use of the patrolmen, located as follows :-— 
At the Castonguay settlement, so-called, on the St. John River, 
in Twp. No. 16 R. 12; at the mouth of Big Black River; on the 
westerly bank of the St. John River, in Twp. No. 15 R. 13; on the 
westerly bank of the St. John River, about one-half mile below 
Seven Islands Farm in Twp. No. 13 R. 15; near the Canadian 
Boundary, on the road leading from St. Pamphile, P. Q., to Seven 
Islands Farm, in Twp. No. 14 R. 16; at English Lake in Twp. No. 
