Bigelow Mountain Preserve is a state-owned
nature preserve
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in the western part of the U.S. state of
Maine
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.
Located in the village of
Stratton within
Eustis,
Franklin County, Maine
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, the preserve was created in 1976 in order to stop a proposed development of a ski resort in the area.
It is home to
Mount Bigelow, one of Maine's highest mountains at an elevation of , and
Flagstaff Lake.
[
The namesake of both Bigelow Preserve and Mount Bigelow is Major Timothy Bigelow, a Revolutionary War ]patriot
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* Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution
* Patriot m ...
who climbed Mount Bigelow in October of 1775 "for the purpose of observation."
References
Protected areas of Franklin County, Maine
1976 establishments in Maine
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