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“We are on two major trail systems that go north, south,
east and west from here,” said Stitham, noting that the
Washburn Trail Runners are responsible for maintaining
about 42 miles of the trail system. “We are really in a prime
location when it comes to snowmobiling.
“The clubhouse itself is located just feet from the trail.
We’re at a T intersection, and all snowmobiles that go by
here have to stop. On a busy weekend, you could have more
than 1,000 snowmobiles go through that intersection.”
Stitham said the Washburn Trail Runners’ trails are situ-ated
in “really good snowmobiling country. Much of our
trail system utilizes abandoned railway lines and passes
through agriculture land in an area that’s well-known for
growing potatoes.”
Part of the system is also located in a heavily forested
region known as the Northern Maine Woods, where, as
Stitham said, “You’re riding right through the middle of
the wilderness.”
It’s in this section of the trail system that something
quite unusual can be found – a place deep in the woods
where in September 1942, a B-25C Mitchell bomber plane
went down.
“Back in the 1940s, there used to be a U.S. Air Force base
in Presque Isle, Maine. There were eight B-25 bombers that
had left to head over to assist in the war effort. They were
called back to base due to poor weather conditions, six
made it back, one made it to the next stop and this one
crashed in the remote wooded area between Perham and
Portage. There were no s Summer maintenace of the trail system urvivors,” said Stitham.
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