Maine Canoe Trip: Moosehead Lake Area

Date1948

AbstractAmateur footage of Maine canoe trip in Moosehead Lake area. Intertitled. Donor's notes: shot by Larry Lougee, guide was Henry Perley, Chief Red Eagle. Film shot possibly as promotional footage for Moosehead Lake region.

Viewing NotesTitle: ‘MAINE CANOE TRIP’, ‘MOOSEHEAD LAKE AREA’, ‘GUIDE HENRY RED EAGLE PHOTOGRAPHY LARRY LOUGEE’. Intertitle: ‘Route Followed:- Greenville to Rockwood on Moosehead Lake; Northeast Carry; Penobscot River (West Branch) to Lobster Pond; across Chesuncook Lake to Umbazookskus Stream; Mud Pond Carry to Chamberlain Lake; to Telos Lake and Caffalos Pond; Churchhill and Eagle Lakes; Smith Brook to Haymock Lake; return to Moosehead Lake.’ A man (Henry Red Eagle)wearing a feather headdress, carrying a rifle. A man steering a motor powered canoe full of gear. Panning shot of Moosehead Lake and Mount Kineo. Two men around a canoe pulled up on shore. Canoe on the water. A man (Henry Red Eagle) seated in the stern, steering the canoe. Another man in the canoe. Boats and a float plane on the lake. A man fishing from the canoe. Netting a fish. The man holds up two fish. A man cooking over a camp fire. Two men in a canoe. A porcupine on the shore. A campfire filmed in the dark. Men eating under a tent. View of the camp from above. A man poling the canoe. The moon over the lake. A man using a pole to balance as he walks across an area of fallen trees. A man making a gap in a beaver dam to pull the canoe through. View from the bow of the canoe. The two men and the canoe portaging via a horse drawn wagon. A man opening a gate in a man-made dam, and steering the canoe through. Poling the canoe through a small stream. Views from the canoe. Unloading gear from the canoe. A man skipping stones on the lake. A tent and campfire. A man walking by a stream. The men hiking. A man fly fishing. A campfire. A man (Henry Red Eagle) holds up a reflector oven. Unloading the canoe. Canoeing through rapids. Henry Red Eagle poling the canoe. Tents filmed from the water. Henry Red Eagle in the stern of the canoe. A man somersaulting over a stack of boxes. Cabins on the shore. Dead trees on the shore. Two men in the canoe. A bird taking off from a tree. Sunset. Men eating at an outdoor table. Guiding a canoe through a small stream. A man seated on a log across a stream. Views of the lake. A porcupine. Canoeing. Sunset. A campfire. Carrying the canoe. A man inspects the hull of the canoe. Henry Red Eagle in the stern of the canoe. Pulling a canoe upstream. Pulling the canoe through a small gate in a dam. A man walking towards the camera. Henry Red Eagle struggling to start a boat motor. Henry Red Eagle holding up a fish in a net. A white tailed deer. Intertitle: ‘Visit the Moosehead Lake Area in Maine’. Henry Red Eagle, wearing a feather headdress and carrying a rifle. A hand draws across the background, revealing: ‘THE END’. [End of Reel]

• Chief Henry Red Eagle

• Chief Henry Red Eagle