Arrowsic residents celebrate new public water access

TIMES RECORD • December 2, 2024

Arrowsic residents are celebrating the town’s first and only public access to tidal waters: Packard Landing. Located at 31 Indian Rest Road, the site opened this fall, offering hand-carry access to the Back River tidal channel, which connects the Kennebec and Sasanoa rivers. It boasts a dock, ramp, float system, pickup/drop-off site, six-car parking areas and a privy. Jack Witham, an associate scientist at the University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, emphasized that canoes and kayaks can now navigate a waterway with nationally significant habitat and wildlife value, along with acres of salt marsh and permanently protected uplands.