Agriculture has a strong presence here, in both livelihood and culture.
Fields of potatoes create the landscape, changing from green in spring to pink and white in summer to dusty brown in fall. Festivals celebrate the blossom season in July, and school calendars adjust so that all hands can help harvest in September. Winter lasts a long time up here and snowmobiles are put to use both for recreation and transport. Snowmobilers use the Interstate Trail System, which zigzags throughout the County and connects Maine to Canada. Rivaling Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park as protected areas of great beauty is the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.