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The boathouse at Topridge.. Upper St. Regis Lake is a 742-acre (3.00 km 2) lake, part of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks in northern New York State.Along with Lower St. Regis Lake and Spitfire Lake, it became famous in the late 19th century as a summer playground of America's power elite, drawn to the area by its scenery and Paul Smith's Hotel.
The Saint Regis Canoe Area in Adirondack Park is the largest wilderness canoe area in the Northeastern United States and the only designated canoe area in New York state. It is closed to motorized vehicles. Among the 50 ponds (small lakes) and lakes are Upper Saint Regis Lake, part of the Seven Carries route, and Saint Regis Pond.
The camp had 207 acres (84 ha) and was situated on an esker between the Spectacle Ponds and Upper St. Regis Lake, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Saranac Lake, New York. The estate was designed by local builder Ben Muncil in collaboration with New York architect Theodore Blake. [3]
Lower St. Regis Lake is a part of the St. Regis Canoe Area which is the only designated canoe area in New York State. The lake is a part of the seven carries which occupies the major water bodies of the St. Regis Canoe Area. [9] The lake has been a popular location for recreation and leisure in the Adirondacks since Paul Smith’s moved to this ...
The Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Loon Lake Mountain at Loon Lake in Franklin County, New York. The station includes a 35-foot-tall (10.7 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917 that has been abandoned since 1971. The tower was built by the Aermotor Corporation.
Tonian. The Adirondack Mountains (/ ˌædɪˈrɒndæk / AD-i-RON-dak) [1] are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York which form a circular dome approximately 160 miles (260 km) wide and covering about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km 2). [2] The region contains more than 100 peaks, including Mount Marcy, which is the highest point in New ...
Pine Tree Point on Upper St. Regis Lake. The Great Camps of the Adirondack Mountains [1] refers to the grandiose family compounds of cabins that were built in the latter half of the nineteenth century on lakes in the Adirondacks such as Spitfire Lake and Rainbow Lake. The camps were summer homes for the wealthy, where they could relax, host or ...
Begun in 1882, Camp Wild Air was the first permanent camp on Upper Saint Regis Lake, in the town of Brighton, Franklin County in New York 's Adirondacks. [2] The camp was built by New York Herald Tribune publisher Whitelaw Reid on a 29-acre (12 ha) peninsula accessible only by water. It presently consists of 12 buildings, 10 of which were built ...