The Great North Woods are spread across four northeastern U.S. states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York and into the Canadian province of Quebec, from the Down East lakes to the Adirondack Mountains. Collectively, the Great North Woods make up a 26 million acre (105,000 km²) forestland. Some believe that the woods are mentioned in the Bob Dylan song, Tangled Up in Blue, though it is more likely that he is referring to the north woods of his home state,Minnesota.
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Famous quotes containing the words north and/or woods:
“The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.”
—Ivan Illich (b. 1926)
“I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)