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Tekαkαpimək Contact Station: Opening June 21When will Tekαkαpimək Contact Station open?The Contact Station will open Saturday and Sunday, June 21st - 22nd from 9 am to 3 pm for visitation. Starting Friday, June 27th, the contact station is tentatively scheduled to be open Friday through Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm for the summer season. It will remain closed Monday through Thursday at this time. Who built the Tekαkαpimək Contact Station?Elliotsville Foundation built the contact station under reserved rights attached to the deed for the Three Rivers parcel. Construction was coordinated with the National Park Service and a Wabanaki Advisory Board comprised of representatives from the Wabanaki Nations of Maine, namely the Penobscot Nation, whose ancestral lands the building stands on, and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi’kmaq Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik and Motahkomikuk.The Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters, a philanthropic partner of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, conducted the capital campaign to raise funds from private donors.Where is Tekαkαpimək Contact Station?The contact station is located in the southern portion of the monument, on Lookout Mountain. To get there, enter the monument's southern end via Swift Brook Road. Turn right on Contact Station Road (marked with a large sign for Tekαkαpimək Contact Station), and follow the road north approximately 2.5 miles to the parking area.What services are available at Tekαkαpimək Contact Station?National Park Service employees and volunteers staff an information desk where visitors can obtain park brochures and the park passport stamp. Restrooms and a water fountain are available when the building is open. The station contains exhibits that provide information from an Indigenous perspective about the natural and cultural history of the area now within monument boundaries. Walking paths and benches are available.East of the parking lot, a gathering location known as the Eastern Lookout faces the rising sun and a view of all Wabanaki homelands. A deck on the west wing of the station allows for views of Katahdin, known as the "greatest mountain" in Wabanaki languages. Hear Katahdin pronounced in Penobscot or in Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoquey (Passamaquoddy-Maliseet).
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Last updated: June 13, 2025