GE OQUOSSOC IS THIS
, WEEK'S HOMETOWN MAINE.
REPORTER: THIS IS OQUOSSOC COVE,
THE VERY NORTHWEST END OF THE
RANGELEY LAKE. 
REPORTER: KEVIN SINNETT GUIDES A
LOT OF TOURS THIS TIME OF YEAR
ABOARD HIS OQOUSSOC LADY.
IN SUMMERTIME, THE LITTLE
VILLAGE SWELLS WITH THOUSANDS OF
VISITORS AND THE MANY SEASONAL
CAMP OWNERS FROM BOTH MAINE AND
AWAY
>> PEOPLE COME UP HERE, THE
HISTORY OF THE AREA. 
THE MOOSE.
BUT THE LAKES, THE LAKES REALLY
SET IT APART, THE WATER.
REPORTER: SO MUCH WATER, THE
RIVERS, STREAMS AND NO LESS THAN
SIX LAKES, WHICH SURROUND
OQUOSSOC HAVE ENTICED SPORTSMEN
TO THIS AREA FOR MORE THAN 100
50 YEARS.
>> HIS NAME WAS HERB WELCH AND
HE WAS THE BABE RUTH OF FLY
FISHING IN HIS DAY. 
REPORTER: IN THE VERY BEGINNING,
LURED HERE BY TALES OF THE
AMAZING TROUT FISHING FROM SOME
OF THE MOST ESTEEMED ANGLERS IN
THE SPORT. 
>> MANY OF THE PERSONALITIES HAD
NATIONAL IMPACTS AND COUPLING
THAT WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES,
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CREATED
A MYSTIC ABOUT RANGELEY.
REPORTER: NOWHERE IS THAT MYSTIC
MORE CELEBRATED THAN HERE AT THE
OUTDOOR SPORTING HERITAGE MUSEUM
RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF
OQUOSSOC'S VILLAGE CENTER. 
>> THIS MUSEUM'S AT THE HEART OF
THE FINEST WILD BROOK TROUT
FISHING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
WE'RE SURROUNDED BY FABULOUS
WILD BROOK TROUT WATERS.
REPORTER: OPENED SEVEN YEARS
AGO, THE MUSEUM CHRONICLES THE
FAMOUS PEOPLE, THE EQUIPMENT AND
THAT TROUT FISHING HERITAGE
WHICH ESSENTIALLY PUT THIS
REMOTE REGION OF WESTERN MAINE
ON THE MAP.
>> HE ALSO TRAPPED OUT OF THIS
CABIN.
REPORTER: BUT MORE THAN JUST A
TRIBUTE TO FISHING.
>> FOLKS COME HERE THAT ENJOY
ARTS AND LITERATURE AND IT TRULY
IS A CELEBRATION OF THE HUMAN
USE OF THE REGION'S AMAZING
NATURAL RESOURCES.
>> FIRMWARE WAS DEVELOPED -- 
-- FROM WHERE IT WAS DEVELOPED
-- 
REPORTER: AND THEY'RE PRETTY
PROUD.
THEY SAY, ANY DOUBT, JUST HEAD
TO THE TOP OF ONE OF THE MANY
NEARBY MOUNTAIN TOPS, YOU'LL SEE
LOTS OF WATER, ENDLESS TREES AND
NOT MUCH ELSE.
>> WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT THIS
AREA IS THE FACT THE STATE OWNS
MUCH OF THE WATERFRONT ON THE
LAKES. 
SO YOU DON'T SEE THE DEVELOPMENT
IN THIS REGION.
REPORTER: SO VERY POPULAR, YET
STILL SO UNSPOILED. 
>> OUR NATURAL RESOURCES ARE
JUST SPECTACULAR AND IT STILL
ATTRACTS PEOPLE.
STEVE: MANY PEOPLE WILL BE THERE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR THE
CARRIE STEVENS WEEKEND, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME THE TOWN'S LUPINE
, FEST WILL BE GOING ON AS WELL.
NO SHORTAGE OF REASONS TO HEAD
