Editing Mount Chase, Maine (section)

==  Hotels and sporting camps ==

=== Shin Pond House/Shin Pond Village ===
The Shin Pond House was established in the 1870s by Charles H. Sibley and was initially Mount Chase's only hotel.<ref name="History of Penobscot County"/>  The next hotel keeper was Ted Crommett.<ref name="US Census 1910">{{cite web|title=1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line].|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=10084697&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1961|work=Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>  The  original Shin Pond House  burned and was rebuilt in 1912 by Zenas L.  Harvey, who added cabins to the lodging options. After a fire in 1949, Arthur and Edna Augustine purchased the property and built a new Shin Pond House.  After their tenure, the building was destroyed by another fire in 1979. In the early 1980s Craig and Terry Hill envisioned a recreational resort on the former Shin Pond House site, called the Shin Pond Village. They built a general store, public laundry and public showers. Campsites and guest suites were added, along with new cabins.<ref name="Shin Pond Village" />

=== Point-of-Pines Camps ===
Point-of-Pines Camps was created on Upper Shin Pond and operated by G. F. Root.<ref name="Maine Lodges">{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Donald A.|title=Maine Lodges and Sporting Camps|year=2005|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, SC|pages=17–18}}</ref> In 1952 it was included in a survey of Maine wilderness [[sporting camp]]s, though described as "less wilderness in concept and category."<ref name="Smith 1952">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Edmund Ware|title="Maine Wilderness Sporting Camps" in ''Ford Treasury of the Outdoors''|year=1952|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York|pages=144–148}}</ref>

=== Mt. Chase Lodge ===
Mt. Chase Lodge was established in 1960 on Upper Shin Pond as a recreational [[sporting lodge]].  Since 1976 Rick and Sara Hill have operated the lodge.<ref name="Mt. Chase Lodge">{{cite web|title=Mt. Chase Lodge|url=http://www.mtchaselodge.com/about.html|accessdate=September 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618212518/http://www.mtchaselodge.com/about.html|archive-date=June 18, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Driftwood Lodge and Camps ===
The Driftwood Lodge and camps is located on the east side of Upper Shin Pond.  It is managed by Paul and Tracy Reed and features a guide service for bear hunters.<ref name="Driftwood Lodge and Camps">{{cite web|title=Driftwood Lodge and Camps|url=http://driftwoodlodgeandcamps.com/|accessdate=September 15, 2013}}</ref>

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File:Mount Chase02.jpg|Mount Chase Town Office
File:Mount Chase05.jpg|View of Mt. Chase
File:Mount Chase03.jpg|Shin Pond Village
File:Mount Chase17.jpg|Upper Shin Pond
File:Mount Chase11.jpg|Lower Shin Pond
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