Bigelow Township and Flagstaff Lake from Bigelow Mountain (2003)
This is not Cedar Lake (an error)
This small Bigelow (Township) in Somerset County township in Somerset County encompasses the northern section of the Bigelow Preserve of Maine Public Reserved Land.
With no improved roads, access is from Stratton Village along the Old Dead River Road. One is soon at campsites and a trailerable boat launch on the Dead River.
Bigelow Township
An extensive Streamshore Ecosystem is found along Hurricane, Reed and Trout Brooks on the north side of Bigelow Mountain in Bigelow Township. This ecosystem includes Alder Shrub Thicket, Spruce – Fir – Cinnamon Fern Forest, Tussock Sedge Meadow, and Northern White Cedar Woodland Fen natural communities. The slow moving streams that meander through the wetland are influenced by beavers.
Tussock Meadow in Bigelow Preserve
The substantial shoreline on the Dead River in Flagstaff Lake provides a view of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.
Additional resources
Flagstaff Regional Management Plan. Maine. Department of Conservation. Bureau of Parks and Lands. Augusta, ME. 2007. [Source of map, text and photo.] https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/docs/maps/bigelowpreserve.pdf (accessed February 26, 2019)
“Tussock.” “a compact tuft especially of grass or sedge also : an area of raised solid ground in a marsh or bog that is bound together by roots of low vegetation” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tussock
“Bigelow Township and Flagstaff Lake from Bigelow Mountain (2003).” Brady G. Williams photo.