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Designated NHL. May 23, 1963. The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [2] At 6.1 million acres (2.5 × 106 ha), it is the largest park in the contiguous United States.
A new boathouse at Camp Topridge, built by Harlan Crow. Adirondack Architecture refers to the rugged architectural style generally associated with the Great Camps within the Adirondack Mountains area in New York. The builders of these camps used native building materials and sited their buildings within an irregular wooded landscape.
Website. www .theadkx .org. Adirondack Experience (formerly Adirondack Museum), located on NY-30 in the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County, New York, is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Adirondacks. [1] The museum is located on the site of an historic summer resort hotel, the Blue Mountain House, built high above ...
Timbuctoo, New York. Timbuctoo, New York, was a mid-19th century farming community of African-American homesteaders in the remote town of North Elba, New York. [1] It was located in the vicinity of 44.22°N 73.99°W, near today's Lake Placid village (which did not exist then), in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. [2]
Noah John Rondeau (July 6, 1883 – August 24, 1967) was a widely known hermit in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. Biography [ edit ] Rondeau was born on July 6, 1883, and raised near Au Sable Forks, New York .
www .frontenacarchbiosphere .ca. The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located in southeastern Ontario, Canada. The biosphere reserve was designated in 2002, and is one of 16 biosphere reserves in Canada. [1] [2] The Frontenac Arch Biosphere operates primarily within a 2,700 km 2. region from Brockville to Kingston ...
The Adirondack Mountains ( / ædəˈrɒndæk /; ad-ə-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 York at ...
The St. Lawrence Iroquoians were an Iroquoian Indigenous people who existed until about the late 16th century. They concentrated along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada, and in the American states of New York and northernmost Vermont. They spoke Laurentian languages, a branch of the Iroquoian family.