15. 
Routes. 
There are three approaches to the mountain, one of which is usually 
taken. One of these is on the south-swest leading from the West 
Branch of the Penobscot, another is from the basin on the southeast, 
and the third is from the north. Travellers cgoo^ing the first 
route ascend the West Branch in a canoe with an Indian or woodsman 
for a guide. The other two roads are by train to Stacyvilie, then 
by buck-board or foot, to the mountain about thirty miles. For di¬ 
rections, suggestions, and advice as to travelling, camping, etc. the 
reader is ref f erect to Hubbard’s or Farrars “Guide to N eft hern Maine" 
Wiiliam^shys that the first party ever visiting Ktaadn ascended in 
1804,going up the West Branch. 
