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DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Piscataquis County officials have no authority to remove a gate recently erected by Roxanne Quimby across the Wilson Stream Pond Road because it involves privately owned land, the Piscataquis County commissioners ruled Tuesday. Seventeen Elliotsville Township residents petitioned the commissioners to remove the gate, which is in the vicinity of a popular camping area residents have used for generations. They also indicated that Quimby is not the only private landowner beyond the gate. Quimby recently purchased the Elliotsville property as part of her plan to donate about 70,000 acres she owns near Baxter State Park to the federal government in conjunction with the National Park Service’s 100th birthday in August 2016. She plans to set aside an additional 30,000 acres she owns for recreation and sustainable forestry. Tom Lizotte, the commission chairman, said Tuesday that according to research, the only roads the county has jurisdiction over in Elliotsville are the Main Road through the village area, the Onawa Road and the Drew Valley Road. He said Elliotsville, which was previously a plantation, deorganized in 1983. Local residents think that because they have used the road over the years, it is a public domain even though records indicate it is not, Lizotte said. (BangorDailyNews)

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