Do you ever find yourself yearning for bygone days when you could walk in a pristine forest, hear the sounds of the wolves, see elk, deer, and even a moose or two pass by you on the trail?
You don't need a time machine to find such a place. All you have to do, even in the 2020s, is go to the most northern area of the 48 adjacent United States. The vast Allagash wilderness in Aroostook County has all of the above and more.
It's a place where the wild animals outnumber the few people in the towns and villages, a hundred to one. It's an area where the snowfall can be measured in yards, not feet. It's a region where the record low temperature (set near Depot Mountain in 2009) is FIFTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
The old record was negative 48, that frigid temperature mark was set in Van Buren, a village of about 2100 people, on the American side of the St. John River. It's near Madawaska, the biggest city in the far North, with a population just over 4,000 (2010 census).
Joubert the Wolf Catcher lived in the late 1800s and yet his story, could still happen today. Much of what you'll see and hear about, including the families of the potato farmers, is still the standard - even now in the 2000s.
Travel back to yesterday (and today) in the most Northern part of the 48 United States, The Allagash Wildnerness, and watch on YouTube, the free, 20 minute dramatized video of Bill Russo's tale,
Click to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-uUATRLCU
https://youtu.be/P3-uUATRLCU
Joubert, the Wolf Catcher.
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