Parmachenee Township

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Location Map for Parmachenee Township

This township is on the New Hampshire border in northwestern Maine. The name, according to Brian McCauley, is “Abenaki for ‘across the usual path.’ Legend says it was the name of an Indian Chief’s daughter.” The Magalloway River runs southward through it and through the 900+ acre Parmachenee Lake, which extends south into Lynchtown Township.…

Lynchtown Township

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Location Map for Lynchtown Township

The Oxford County Township, in northwestern Maine on the New Hampshire border, is just south of Parmachenee Township. It includes and  a small north portion of Aziscohos Lake and the bulk of Parmachenee Lake.  That lake was home to the Parmachenee Club. The Club was formed in 1890 by a group of mostly New York…