"Rendezvous on the Allagash," Yankee Magazine, 1973

Greg Jalbert -
(L) Old Guide and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Old Guide (86 years old) dining room Jalberts Allagash Camps, Round Pond, Allagash River, Maine.

In a Yankee Magazine article, Frederick John Pratson superbly portrayed my grandfather, Willard Jalbert, Sr. He captured the essence of a legendary Maine figure whose title became synonymous with the Allagash River, the Old Guide.

My grandfather's stories include standing on a log during a log drive to run the Long Lake Dam sluiceway, a fourteen-foot drop; killing two bears with an axe; and growing up on a remote farm three miles above Allagash Falls.

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