Of the many lakes near Stockholm, Madawaska lake became the favorite pleasure spot of the town's Swedish community.  Many residents built camps on the lake in the 1930s and '40s, but as the picture at right shows, it was already being enjoyed in a much earlier era.  

Outing at Madawaska Lake, 1890. Johan G. Larsson and Washington Voren, left to right

"Snowplowing," c. 1920

As a wag once had it, "Aroostook would be a grand country to live in if it weren't for the two or three months of bare ground."Skiing, a sport some credit the Swedish setters for introducing to Maine, and snowshoing were popular winter activities.  Equally physically demanding was simply digging your way out of the snow drifts, as the driver of the truck at left attempts to do.