2026 Schedule, short listing


WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
SPIRITUAL ESSENCE of the NORTH WOODS, 7:30-11:30 am 
with Maine Guide Wendy Weiger & Harvard Divinity Professor Charles Stang
Outdoors ~ A Mindful Walk in the Maine Woods 7:30-9:30 am
Indoor ~ Thoreau & Transcendentalism Today 10 – 11:30 am
Location: The Depot historic train station, Greenville Junction

PENOBSCOT SENSE of PLACE & The BIRCH BARK CANOE, 12:30-3:30 pm
with Penobscot Cultural Director James E. Francis, Sr. & Penobscot Guide Jason Pardilla
Location: The Katahdin cruiseboat, downtown Greenville. $60 per person

HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Ken Burns Film Screening & Discussion, 7 pm
with Director/Filmmaker Erik Ewers, Historians James E. Francis and John Kucich
Location: The Depot historic train station, Greenville Junction

THURSDAY, JULY 23
MOOSEHEAD  FORAGING  WALK, 8:30-10 am
with Maine Master Wilderness Guide Alexandra Conover Bennett
Location: Meet at The Depot historic train station, before heading to a nearby trail

LIVING IN THE LANDSCAPE,  BIRCH BARK CANOE EXHIBITION, 1-5 pm
Location: The Depot historic train station, Greenville Junction

MOOSEHEAD LAKE CANOE TRIP to MT. KINEO, Thurs-Fri.
with Master Maine Guide Kevin Slater & Penobscot Tribal Historian Chris Sockalexis
Must pre-register! Contact Mahoosuc Guide Service: info@mahoosuc.com; 207-824-2073

ALL  ABOUT  MAINE  BEARS, 7 pm
with Maine Bear Expert Caitlin Drasher
Location: The Depot historic train station, Greenville Junction

FRIDAY, JULY 24
LIVING  IN  THE  LANDSCAPE, Ecology Walk 9 – 11 am
with Ecologist Amity Wilczek and Master Maine Wilderness Guide Alexandra C. Bennett
Location: Meet at The Depot historic train station, before heading to a nearby trail. 

 STORY of MT. KINEO, 11 am (time may change)
with Penobscot Tribal Historian & Archeologist Chris Sockalexis
Location: On-site at Mt. Kineo ~ Meet at Rockwood Landing for shuttle

BUSY DEMONS, SWAMPERS, AND INSOLENT MEN;
HENRY THOREAU AND THE PEOPLE OF MAINE, 11:30 am  – 1 pm
with Thoreau Historian Richard Smith
Location: Shaw Public Library, Greenville

ECOLOGY  of the  MOOSEHEAD REGION, 3 – 4:30 pm
with Ecologist Amity Wilczek & Master Maine Wilderness Guide Alexandra Conover Bennett
Indoor Interactive workshop. Explore physical objects that tell about natural communities
Location: The Depot historic train station, Greenville Junction

TRADITIONAL SUMMER & WINTER CAMP EXHIBITION, 3 – 5 pm
Location: The Depot

UNSETTLING  THOREAU: NATIVE AMERICANS, 
SETTLER COLONIALISM and THE POWER OF PLACE 7 pm

with the author, Professor John J. Kucich, Thoreau Society President
Location: The Depot historic train station, Greenville Junction

SATURDAY-MONDAY, JULY 25-27
PENOBSCOT WAYS IN THE WOODS & WATERS
with Penobscot Nation Cultural Keepers
Advance registration required! Contact: info@thoreauwabanaki.org; 207-534-7715
Location: Sugar Island, Penobscot River