Tekαkαpimək Contact Station is expected to contribute to the Katahdin region’s burgeoning four-season recreation economy and to support the revitalization of local communities.
Elliotsville Plantation Inc., the philanthropy started by the family of Burt's Bees co-founder Roxanne Quimby, has given the parcel to the tribe and calls return of the land part of a "long journey of reparation."