First Event of 2021 - the Maine Forest & Logging Museum!

Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
​Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine

We are so excited to announce that our first real, in person.... with crowds even.... event of 2021 will be happening this week!!! That's right! Our last show was over six months ago. And we are so ready to be back out there on the road, entertaining families, traveling, and making new friends! 
 
Our summer season is looking busy already, with shows scheduled throughout the US. Come see us in Iowa, Nebraska, Mississippi, West Virginia, or Vermont this year!! (Just to name a few states you'll be able to find us in!)
 
But, back to this week's event...

We will be at the Maine Forest & Logging Museum in Bradley, Maine! By far, one of our favorite venues! We've performed and provided demos and lessons here several times over the past few years... and Mike and I are both on the museum's board of directors!
It's a beautiful "outdoor" museum that was incorporated in 1960 to help preserve and teach some of Maine's unique forestry and logging history.
On the museum grounds you can find a covered bridge, a water powered sawmill, a blacksmith shop, a variety of Lombards and antique chainsaws, as well as a machine shop, barns, cabins, gardens, trails, and interesting artifacts... all surrounded by beautiful, wooded property with ponds and streams!
Since we will be performing in June this year the alewives will still be running! By running I mean swimming and leaping up their fish ladder... something everyone should witness at some point in their lives! Don't know what an Alewife is?? They are a fish... a species of herring to be more specific. They can be found along the East Coast, in the Atlantic Ocean, in ponds, lakes, rivers and streams. They can actually be found all the way into the Great Lakes!
They usually spawn from March to June... making their way from the ocean, up streams, and rivers, to breed and lay their eggs in lakes and ponds.
It's amazing to see! Clear streams will literally turn black with the amount of alewives swimming upstream, fighting the current! 
 
Throughout a normal year the Maine Forest & Logging Museum hosts several events and tours, besides being a beautiful backdrop for weddings and photo shoots! 
For decades now, the museum has prided itself with helping people find "their place in the woods." As you can imagine, it was incredibly hard on the museum and its staff and volunteers to cancel all last year's events. We are all looking forward to opening back up and sharing this amazing location with everyone again! 
 
Needless to say, we are thrilled to make this week's event at the museum our kick-off to 2021! 
We will be providing axe throwing demos to an elementary school tour on Thursday! On Friday we will have a few special guests trying their hand at axe throwing. And Saturday, June 5th will be the big day at the museum! The Lombard log-hauler will be out and running, the blacksmith shop will be fired up, the gift shop will be open and the AxeWomen will be chopping, sawing, axe throwing and log rolling all day for the public!! 
 
If you are in Maine this weekend you should definitely make the trip to the museum to see it for yourself! If you are planning a trip to Maine sometime this summer or fall, please make the Maine Forest & Logging Museum a destination! It is a must-see here in the Maine woods!