Want to buy some cabins?

Yes, in the plural.

Pete Norris is a seller of camps, which means multiple cabins on the water.

Most of his listings are within a couple hours of Bangor, often to the north.

Norris, 60, says there are plenty of people who think they want a place in the Maine woods.

"I have a list of 250 people who are looking for something," said Norris, who operates out of the Re/Max network

"They don't always have the money, or once they get here they realize that it isn't what the want after all.

"But there's no end to the people who want to get out of the concrete jungle."

Here are some properties that are available:

Nicatous Lodge and Camps, central Maine - Lodge, eight cottages, great room that seats 30. $1,750,000.

Rideout Lodge and Cottages on East Grand Lake - 14 cabins, on the water. $1.45 million.

But there are more moderate offerings:

Five acre island retreat - This is on Nicatous Lake, 60 miles north of Bangor, with a main house with four guest cottages, boats and docks. $849,000.

Camp complex in Oakfield - Four fully equipped cabins in southern Aroostook. Reportely offers year-round activites from fishing and kayaking, to snowmobiling.
$349,000.

Norris himself is a former camp owner, having run operations on Portage Lake and Nicatous Lake.

But now he just sells them, and expects to move about "five or six" this year.

Though sales of all properties are slowing throughout Maine and other states, he says there will always be a market.

"Prices are rising but people still want to be near the wilderness," he said. "Take the Plum Creek project at Moosehead.

"That will be very expensive, maybe $1,000 per waterfront foot. But those developers know their market and they think they'll sell.

"I think they'll sell, too. I've seen it this year, where many camps are full of vacationers, and I've seen in it the past.

"People want to be somewhere where there is a tree over their head and maybe a place to take a canoe, so a camp on the water is turning into liquid gold.'

Norris can be reached at 207-942-8100.

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