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GM104 Historic Maine Sporting Camp
Just north of Baxter State Park, on the world-famous East Branch of the Penobscot River, this four season sporting camp offers amenities and comfort with access to thousands of acres of unspoiled wilderness. As a business or as a private estate property, Bowlin Camps is a rare opportunity to enjoy life in the heart of Maine’s north woods. Originally priced at $1,500,000. .
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Bowlin Camps is one of Maine's oldest sporting camps, with some cabins dating back to 1895. Thoreau paddled this section of the river in 1857. Just below the pristine headwaters of Lake Matagamon the river's gentle rips and pristine pools support a healthy population of native brook trout and landlocked salmon. Relatively easy access makes the Bowlin site ideal for fly fishing, swimming, canoeing and kayaking. Crossing the property from east to west, the Interstate Trail system connects to hundreds of miles of maintained snowmobile trails. To the north, a network of foot trails lead hikers and skiers through vast stands of tall white pine and ancient spruce. For over a century hunters of trophy deer, bear, moose, and upland birds have made Bowlin their annual headquarters and base camp.
Since purchasing the camps in 2000, the current owners have continued to operate Bowlin as a four-season commercial sporting camp, offering accommodations and guided hunting and fishing expeditions for individuals, families, corporate and private groups. During that time, they have completed extensive renovations and improvements to the cabins and other facilities and built a loyal clientele of repeat customers.
Like many Maine businesses, the bottom line at Bowlin Camps is all about lifestyle. Over the past seven years current owners, all passionate sportsmen, have limited their business operations and marketing effort to providing guided hunting and fishing trips and accommodating snowmobilers with meals and lodging. Net revenues have been dedicated to improving the property.
Meanwhile, the demand for strategically-located, manageable, recreational properties continues to grow, despite the recent downturn in other segments of the real estate market. The advent of ecotourism has created endless new markets for traditional sporting camps to expand their customer bases and prosper as commercial ventures. With established management systems and cash flow, Bowlin Camps is uniquely poised to take advantage of that opportunity. It is a well-maintained, turnkey facility with significant expansion potential in a market that has been largely undeveloped and unexplored.
The increasing demand for religious, corporate, and family retreat properties has also remained strong. For the buyer looking for group accommodations in a peaceful and pristine setting, this offering is unique in the market.
For anyone who is simply in the market for a Maine sporting camp, who appreciates what it's like to fall asleep to the sound of the river, to load the stove so it burns through the night, or share stories and hearty meals after a day in the woods, Bowlin Camps is a rough-hewn work of art and a rare investment opportunity.
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