Retired guide tells tales of the Allagash

SUN JOURNAL • February 16, 2023

Tim Caverly has spent a lifetime in the Maine wilderness. “I never knew what a day would bring,” the retired Allagash Wilderness Waterway supervisor told the audience at a Great Falls Forum on Thursday. He met all sorts of oddballs attracted by the isolation — and liked many of them. But much of his job for decades dealt with people doing stupid things or breaking rules, including folks breaking into private camps, installing illegal hot tubs and trying to sneak along a person or two extra on guided tours with strict limits on their numbers.