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The William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County.It is bounded on the east by Hamilton County Route 10, on the south by lands of Whitney Industries, on the west by private lands owned by The Nature Conservancy and the Brandreth Park Association, on the northwest by the Remsen to Lake Placid ...
Location: Hamilton County, New York, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Lake: Primary outflows: Round Lake: Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 2,287 acres (9.26 km 2) [1]: Max. depth: 35 feet (11 m) [2]: Shore length 1: 16.8 miles (27.0 km): Surface elevation: 1,719 feet (524 m) [1]: Islands: 14 Short Island: Settlements: Whitney Headquarters, New York: 1 Shore length is not a ...
The Adirondack Canoe Classic, also known as the 90-miler, is a three-day, 90-mile (140 km) canoe race from Old Forge to Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks of New York, United States. The race has drawn as many as 500 competitors from California to Florida, New Zealand and Canada paddling 250 canoes , kayaks and guideboats .
Little Clear is used by the State Fish Hatchery, and no fishing or camping is allowed. The carry from Little Clear to Saint Regis Pond is the longest of the trip, at 0.6 miles (0.97 km). At 400 acres (1.6 km 2 ), Saint Regis Pond is the largest pond on the route, and is well worth exploring; the carry to Green Pond can be reached by a paddle of ...
One of many small islands in Lower Saranac Lake Lake Placid, from Whiteface Mountain; most of the islands and part of the south shore are part of the Wild Forest.. The Saranac Lakes Wild Forest is a discontinuous 79,000-acre (320 km 2) tract designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in Franklin and Essex Counties near Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake ...
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.
West Canada Lake Wilderness Area - 168,920 acres (634.12 km 2) [34] William C. Whitney Wilderness Area - 19,500 acres (83.0 km 2) [30] The 19,000-acre (77 km 2) Saint Regis Canoe Area, presently the only Canoe Area in the park, operates under essentially the same conditions as the Wilderness Areas. [35]
Canoe Country Outfitters was formed in 1946 in Ely, Minnesota, to provide canoe trip outfitting services for Quetico Provincial Park and Superior National Forest and what was to become Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Bill Rom started the business and then sold it to Bob Olson Sr. (who had already worked there for 25 years) in 1975.