Upcoming Events and Programs
Public Education
Programs for 2007
“Wilson Pond – Then and Now”
on Friday, July 27th at 7 PM at the Community House in Greenville presented
by Eric Ward, President of NREC. Eric will lead a tour of the Wilson
Pond Dam the next day.
“The State
of Maine’s Loons” on Monday, August 6 at 7 PM at the Community
House presented by Susan Gallo of Maine Audubon.
Annual Meeting of 2007
The Annual
Meeting of the Friends of Wilson Pond Area will be held on Saturday,
July 14 at 10 AM at Cheryl Brown’s home on 23 Otter Slide, Rum Ridge,
Greenville.
Annual Sea
Plane Fly-In and Forest Heritage Days...
find the Friends of
Wilson Pond Area sharing information about preservation and conservation
from their booth.
For additional
details and updates about events and the Annual Meeting, please check
this website or contact Dot Lamson or Betty Ryder - for contact information,
click here.
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Invitation to Join
The Friends of Wilson Pond invite you to become
a member to support our mission and help us attain our goals.
Annual family membership is only $10.00 and is tax deductible!
All are welcome! Please send checks to Kay Johnson, PO
Box 424, Greenville, Maine 04441.
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FAST FACTS
• Lower Wilson Pond and a portion of Upper
Wilson Pond are located in Greenville, the remaining portion of Upper
Wilson Pond is located in Bowdoin College Grant West.
• The two ponds are connected by shallow narrows know as The Thoroughfare.
• Some of Greenville's earliest settlers resided on a hill overlooking the Ponds.
• The Ponds are spring fed with deepest water about 90 feet deep.
• Salmon and lake trout are the most common game fish caught.
• In early 1900's cabins were constructed by hauling building materials across the ice in winter.
• Much of the land around the ponds is and has historically been owned by paper companies.
• Logging operations still continue around the Ponds.
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