Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway
Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum, ME

This region is almost entirely forest and has an extensive history in pulp and paper production. The Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum consists of a three-story building on 18 acres of land. The museum displays collections of hundreds of artifacts from regional logging operations, including snubbing machines, sleds, and an extensive collection of crosscut and chain saws.

The museum also sponsors the Logging Festival Days in Rangeley on the last Friday and Saturday in July. Activities include the Burying of the Beans -- logging "camp style"; music, entertainment, and a Logger's Hall of Fame; and a parade of floats, bands, and logging equipment. The festivities continue with woodsmen's competitions of chain sawing, pulp piling, axe throwing, and more.