Newly Constructed 2 Bedroom Home – Wesley, Maine

New construction and well hidden from the road, this cute 2-bedroom
home has a lot to offer. Hardwood floors, large bright kitchen with lots of
cabinet space and the open concept kitchen/dining/living area. Cedar closets in
both bedrooms and even a dressed up cedar wall going to the basement w/its
drive under garage. Propane HWBB heat and on demand hot water will make this a
very efficient home. 3.5 acres of land, about a half hour each from Calais and
Machias, and an hour and a half to Bangor.

With a population of about 122, the town of Wesley may be
small, but it’s large in land size at 50.64 square miles with only 2 main roads
passing through. (Rt 9 and Rt 192) The Airline and Jr Williams Road. We have
more stop signs on 4-wheeler trails here than main roads. Wesley was
incorporated January 24th, 1833, and named for John Wesley who was the leader
of the English Methodist Movement.

The area is rich in history with the “Airline”
being an old stage route running from Bangor to Calais, it was also called the
Wolf Route due to a famous tin type photo put out to try and get people to be
afraid to run Rt 9 due to wolfs attacking the stage, this was done from people
with businesses on the coastal route to try and keep the early traffic coming
that way.

Wesley is well known for its wild blueberries and the
production of those in August comes before everything else. It’s a fast moving
quick season and it’s all about the berries! The area was well known for its
logging history, there were many woods camps for that along with sawmills and
river drives on the Machias River. There were books written about some of the
local legendary hunters and poachers as well, such as Wilber Day and George
Magoon. The town has a wonderful little historical society based in the old
Wesley Corner School on Rt 9.