WHILE YOU’RE IN THE AREA

Check out the Katahdin Iron Works, a state park and historic site. Iron ore was once smelted there and the remains of a smelter and a charcoal kiln can still be seen. In days of yore logs were driven through the gorge to provide wood for the smelter, sometimes getting stuck in the narrower portion of the gorge known as The Jaws. When the smelter closed, drivers continued to float logs through on the way to paper mills.