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Adirondack lean-to. An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three-sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York which provides shelter for campers. [1] Since their development in the Adirondacks, this type of shelter has seen use in a number of parks throughout the United States, such as Isle Royale ...
Science museum. Director. Stephanie Ratcliffe. Website. www.wildcenter.org. The center's previous logo. Sign at main entrance to museum campus. The Wild Center, formerly known as the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, [1] is a natural history center in Tupper Lake, New York, near the center of New York state's Adirondack Park .
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.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...
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Adirondack chair. The Adirondack chair is an outdoor lounge chair with wide armrests, a tall slatted back, and a seat that is higher in the front than the back. [1] Its name references the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York . The chair was invented by Thomas Lee between 1900 and 1903 in Westport, New York, but was patented by his friend ...
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 Blue ...
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.