The Great North Woods Region, also known as the North Country, is located at the northern tip of

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, north of the

White Mountains Region The White Mountains Region is a tourism region designated by the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism. It is located in northern New Hampshire in the United States and is named for the White Mountains, which cover most of the region. The ...

and is part of the larger Great North Woods. The Great North Woods is a

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of New Hampshire and is located in Coos County. The dividing line is loosely defined as running from Cushman, a hamlet within

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, to south of

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and east to the Maine border, roughly following

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. The region has around 30,000 permanent residents. Berlin is the largest community in the sparsely populated region by a sizable margin, with more than one-third of the population of the region. Lancaster, the county seat, is the second largest community. Of the remaining communities in the region, only

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, Colebrook, and

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have more than 1,000 people. Great North Woods - New Hampshire

Tourism marketing for the region is provided by New Hampshire Grand, the official convention and visitors' bureau for the region, as well as the Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Northern Gateway Chamber of Commerce, the Umbagog Area Chamber of Commerce, and the North Country Chamber of Commerce. Unlike the more commercially developed White Mountains Region to the south, most of the tourism in the Great North Woods centers around

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hiking and camping, as well as outdoor sports such as fishing and hunting. The central portion of the region is part of the

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, including the

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and Mount Cabot, the highest peak of the Great North Woods. North of the Pilot Range is the

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State Forest. The

Connecticut Lakes The Connecticut Lakes are a group of lakes in Coos County, northern New Hampshire, United States, situated along the headwaters of the Connecticut River. They are accessed via the northernmost segment of U.S. Route 3, between the village of Pi ...

, headwaters of the Connecticut River, lie at the northern tip of the region. The main industries aside from tourism are logging and paper manufacture, centered on Berlin. There are no major freeways; nearly all roads outside of the few population centers are two-lane state highways.

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in the west along the Connecticut River and, in the east,

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along the border with Maine provide the main north-south routes, while east-west traffic follows US Route 2,

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and

New Hampshire Route 26 New Hampshire Route 26 (abbreviated NH 26) is a state highway located in northern New Hampshire. It runs across the state in a roughly northwest-to-southeast trajectory, stretching from the Vermont border in the west to the Maine border in the ...

External links

Great North Woods
at NH Division of Travel and Tourism Development
New Hampshire Grand
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