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A <strong>Guide</strong> to the<br />
First Wilderness Heritage Corridor<br />
restaurants, shops, galleries, in and outdoor activities,<br />
brew crafters, theatre, lodging & more Since 1982<br />
Summer~Winter <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
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© Beaver Brook Outfitters<br />
Town of Thurman
Within the forest there ’s<br />
a wonderful enchanted place . . .<br />
nown for nature-inspired housewares, accessories,<br />
unique light fixtures, table settings and garden features. Here<br />
too you will find unique resort wear for men, women and children.<br />
In the historic stable below, find furniture made from hickory<br />
and reclaimed barn timbers, displayed with mountain-themed<br />
lighting, artwork and taxidermy, and adorned with colorful<br />
blankets from Pendleton, Hudson Bay & Woolrich.<br />
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Near the historic train station<br />
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Advertiser Directory<br />
Section / Advertiser Page Section / Advertiser Page Section / Advertiser Page Section / Advertiser Page<br />
The First Wilderness Heritage Corridor 5<br />
Saratoga North Creek Railway 7<br />
Town of Corinth 9<br />
Lake George<br />
Lake George Chamber of Commerce 11<br />
Adirondack Brewery 12<br />
Lake George Steamboat Co. 13<br />
Christies on the Lake 14<br />
SJ Garcias 14<br />
Moose Tooth Grill 15<br />
Sushi Yoshi 16<br />
Grandmas Back Porch 17<br />
Schroon Lake <strong>18</strong><br />
Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce <strong>18</strong><br />
Bolton Landing<br />
Trees Adirondack Gifts & Book 17<br />
Seagle Music Colony 19<br />
Pine COne Merchantile 19<br />
Drake’s Restaurant 19<br />
Paradox Brewery 20<br />
Sticks & Stones 20<br />
DeCesares 20<br />
Schroon Lake Bed & Breakfast 20<br />
Schroon Lake Marina 21<br />
Strand 21<br />
Natural Stone Bridge & Caves 22<br />
Word of Life Ranch & Ranger Camp 23<br />
Queensbury<br />
The Log Jam Restaurant 24<br />
Sweet Basils Restaurant 28<br />
Back Home Country Store 24<br />
Town of Lake Luzerne 25<br />
Beaver Brooke Outfitters 26<br />
Baileys Wine & Liquor 27<br />
Painted Pony 29<br />
Lazy River Tubing 30<br />
The Long Horn Restaurant & Pub 31<br />
Town of Hadley 32<br />
Some Favorite Things 33<br />
Town of Stony Creek 34<br />
Stony Creek Inn & Restaurant 35<br />
TMountain Days Festival 35<br />
Town of Thurman 37<br />
Thurman Maple Days 38<br />
Thurman Concert Series 39<br />
Toad Hill Maple Farm 40<br />
Nettle Meadow Farm 40<br />
Thurman Farm Tour 40<br />
Town of Warrensburg 42<br />
Glen Lodge 41<br />
Hudson Headwater Health 43<br />
Riverside Gallery 44<br />
Warrensburgh Museum 44<br />
Grist Mill Restaurant 45<br />
Ashes Bar 45<br />
Historic Adirondack Inn 46<br />
Deadwood Mountain 46<br />
J Gallup Farm 46<br />
Oscar’s 46<br />
Cronin’s Golf Resort 47<br />
Town of Chester 48<br />
Rustic Charm 49<br />
Tri Lakes Business Alliance 50<br />
OP Restaurant 50<br />
Bullhouse Kitchen & Bar 51<br />
Circle B Ranch 52<br />
Main Street Ice Cream 52<br />
Town of Horicon 53<br />
The Lazy Moose 54<br />
Adirondack General Store 55<br />
Town of Johnsburg 56<br />
Tannery Pond Center 57<br />
Gore Mtn. Region Chamber of Commerce 58<br />
Cafe Sarah 59<br />
The Summit at Gore Mountain 59<br />
Beck’s Tavern 60<br />
Poiema & Vault 60<br />
Adirondack Spirits 60<br />
The Alpine Lodge 61<br />
New Glampshire 61<br />
North Creek Depot Museum 62<br />
Barkeater Chocolates 62<br />
Hudson River Trading Co. Outlet 62<br />
Revolution Rail 63<br />
Ski Bowl Village 64<br />
Gore Mountain 65<br />
TC Murphy Lumber 66<br />
Hudson River Townhomes 67<br />
The Barking Spider 67<br />
North Creek Business Alliance 68<br />
Garnet Hill Lodge 70<br />
Garnet Mine Tours 71<br />
J&J Brown Garnet Studio 71<br />
Town of Indian Lake<br />
Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce 72<br />
Pine’s Country Store 73<br />
Adventure Sports 73<br />
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts 74<br />
Indian Lake Theater 74<br />
Abanakee Studios 75<br />
Marty’s Chilly Nights Restaurant 75<br />
Town of Long Lake/Raquette Lake<br />
Long Lake Chamber of Commerce 76<br />
Adirondack Hotel 76<br />
W.W. Durant 77<br />
ADK Trading Post 77<br />
Town of Minerva/Olmsteadville 76<br />
Mammy & Pops General Store 77<br />
Morningside Camps 77<br />
Lil’ Noni’s 78<br />
The Owl At Twilight 79<br />
The Town of Newcomb 80 -81<br />
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Use our guide as a map to the First Wilderness Heritage<br />
Corridor & Southern and Central Adirondacks. Learn our<br />
history, explore our lakes, rivers, mountains and historic<br />
landmarks. Enjoy our activities and discover the many<br />
small towns along our back roads and country highways<br />
–their hidden treasures will delight you.<br />
Welcome to the North Country.<br />
We’re happy you’re here!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Laurie Prescott Arnheiter<br />
Interface Communications<br />
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Welcome to our North Country,<br />
and the First Wilderness<br />
Heritage Corridor<br />
You will notice that the businesses and organizations participating<br />
in our guide represent small businesses, organizations<br />
and entrepreneurs. They are the strength of our economy, they<br />
hold our communities together, they work tirelessly to give<br />
you the very best in services.<br />
Each town, village, hamlet in this guide is unique because<br />
of its history and natural characteristics, each has a story to<br />
tell you. While you’re here relax, kick back, and enjoy the<br />
people of the North Country.<br />
Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally<br />
Owned Businesses<br />
1. Local Character and Prosperity –In an increasingly<br />
homogenized world, communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses<br />
and distinctive character have an economic advantage.<br />
2. Community Well-Being –Locally owned businesses build<br />
strong communities by sustaining vibrant town centers, linking neighbors in a<br />
web of economic and social relationships, and contributing to local causes.<br />
3. Local Decision-Making –Local ownership ensures that important<br />
decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and who will<br />
feel the impacts of those decisions.<br />
4. Keeping Dollars in the Local Economy –Compared to<br />
chain stores, locally owned businesses recycle a much larger share of their revenue<br />
back into the local economy, enriching the whole community.<br />
5. Job and Wages –Locally owned businesses create more jobs locally<br />
and, in some sectors, provide better wages and benefits than chains do.<br />
6. Entrepreneurship –Entrepreneurship fuels America’s economic<br />
innovation and prosperity, and serves as a key means for families to move out of<br />
low-wage jobs and into the middle class.<br />
7. Public Benefits and Costs –Local stores in town centers<br />
require comparatively little infrastructure and make more efficient use of public<br />
services relative to big box stores and strip shopping malls.<br />
8. Environmental Sustainability –Local stores help to sustain<br />
vibrant, compact, walkable town centers-which in turn are essential to reducing<br />
sprawl, automobile use, habitat loss, and air and water pollution.<br />
9. Competition –A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses<br />
is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term.<br />
10. Product Diversity –A multitude of small businesses, each<br />
selecting products based, not on a national sales plan, but on their own interests<br />
and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of<br />
product choices.<br />
We encourage you to use our printed magazine, our electronic<br />
magazines and our downloadable app as a map to<br />
Adirondack experiences. Learn our history, explore our lakes,<br />
rivers, mountains and historic landmarks. Enjoy our activities<br />
and discover the many small towns along our back roads and<br />
country highways – their hidden treasures will delight you.<br />
Welcome to the North Country, We’re happy you’re here!<br />
— About The Corridor —<br />
Established in 1999 as a way to boost tourism, the First<br />
Wilderness Heritage Corridor was designed to highlight the<br />
attractions, events, outdoor activities and businesses along<br />
the railroad corridor between Saratoga Springs and North<br />
Creek. With a memorandum of understanding - the railway<br />
spans two counties, Saratoga and Warren, and follows the<br />
Hudson River north as it did when it first opened as Thomas<br />
Durant’s Adirondack Railroad in <strong>18</strong>71.<br />
There are currently two aspects of implementing the<br />
First Wilderness experience. First planners have to answer<br />
the question, “What can people do when they come here?”<br />
Then there is the physical side - the infrastructure - such as<br />
improving streetscapes, constructing train stations, or developing<br />
waterfront parks.<br />
The First Wilderness Heritage Corridor program is primarily<br />
managed by Wayne LaMothe, County Planner for<br />
the Warren County Planning Department. LaMothe approaches<br />
the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor project<br />
with one goal in mind: enhancing the economic opportunities<br />
by creating a corridor-wide tourism experience. “When<br />
it all comes down to it, it’s an economic development activity,”<br />
LaMothe said. “There’s no other reason for it. It is to<br />
enhance what the community has A) for itself and B) for the<br />
visitors that come here. Hopefully, it’s a quality experience<br />
and through word-of-mouth and promotions, other people<br />
will follow.”<br />
Yet, in order to be successful, the corridor needs to be<br />
promoted as a whole, and not on a town-by-town basis. “The<br />
way for this to work is each town has to complement each<br />
other and not compete,” LaMothe said. Promotion of the<br />
Corridor focuses on coordinating efforts that will showcase<br />
each town’s attributes and the Corridor to potential visitors.<br />
But it’s the “First Wilderness” experience that sets this<br />
region apart. It was the first place where Americans realized<br />
that wilderness was going to be a distinguishing and<br />
permanent feature of their civilization. By the <strong>18</strong>80s, more<br />
had been written about the Adirondacks than any other wilderness<br />
area in America. In <strong>18</strong>92, the Adirondack Park was<br />
created as the largest protected wilderness area east of the<br />
Mississippi. Since then, the Park has challenged each generation<br />
to define the role of wilderness in our increasingly<br />
urbanized civilization.<br />
Today, there is a concerted effort to create a genuine<br />
Adirondack experience for the visitors to the corridor. The<br />
communities of the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor invite<br />
all to experience the wilderness way of life.<br />
For more information, visit us online at firstwilderness.<br />
com or find us on Facebook.<br />
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Discover the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor<br />
For Sweet Summer Fun and New Adventures<br />
Take it to the River...<br />
Take it to the Hudson.<br />
www.firstwilderness.com<br />
Our First Wilderness Heritage Corridor Communities<br />
Stay in touch with our First Wilderness Communities and local promotional organizations<br />
so that they may assist with your future visit. Then share your discovery with family,<br />
friends, neighbors, and business partners for a return trip.<br />
Town of Newcomb Supervisor: Wester Minga 5<strong>18</strong>-582-3211<br />
www.discovernewcomb.com www.newcombny.com<br />
Town of Johnsburg Supervisor: Ron Vanselow 5<strong>18</strong>-251-2421<br />
www.Johnsburgny.com<br />
Gore Mt. Chamber of Commerce: 5<strong>18</strong>-251-2612<br />
www.gorechamber.com www.visitnorthcreek.org info@goremountain.com<br />
Town of Horicon Supervisor: Matthew Simpson 5<strong>18</strong>-494-3647<br />
www.horiconny.gov<br />
North Warren Chamber of Commerce: 5<strong>18</strong>-494-2722<br />
www.northwarren.com www.trilakesalliance.com info@northwarren.com<br />
Town of Chester Supervisor: Craig Leggett 5<strong>18</strong>-494-2711<br />
www.townofchesterny.org<br />
North Warren Chamber of Commerce: 5<strong>18</strong>-494-2722<br />
www.northwarren.com www.trilakesalliance.com info@northwarren.com<br />
Town of Warrensburg Supervisor: Kevin B. Geraghty 5<strong>18</strong>-623-9511<br />
www.warrensburgny.org<br />
Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce: 5<strong>18</strong>-623-2161<br />
www.warrensburgchamber.com info@warrensburgchamber.com<br />
Town of Thurman Supervisor: Cynthia Hyde 5<strong>18</strong>-623-9649<br />
www.thurman-ny.org<br />
Thurman Station Association: 5<strong>18</strong>-623-4881<br />
www.thurmanstation.org<br />
stationmaster@thurmanstation.com<br />
Town of Stony Creek Supervisor: Frank Thomas 5<strong>18</strong>-696-3575<br />
www.stonycreekny.com<br />
Stony Creek Chamber of Commerce: 5<strong>18</strong>-696-4563<br />
www.stonycreekchamber.com info@stonycreekchamber.com<br />
Town of Hadley Supervisor: Arthur “Mo” Wright 5<strong>18</strong>-696-4797<br />
www.townofhadley.net<br />
Hadley Business Association 5<strong>18</strong>-696-4974 hadleyba2003@yahoo.com<br />
Town of Lake Luzerne Supervisor: Gene Merlino 5<strong>18</strong>-696-2711<br />
www.townoflakeluzerne.com<br />
Lake Luzerne Chamber of Commerce: 5<strong>18</strong>-696-3500<br />
info@lakeluzernechamber.org www.lakeluzernechamber.org<br />
Town of Corinth Supervisor: Richard Lucia 5<strong>18</strong>-654-9232<br />
www.townofcorinthny.org<br />
Corinth Merchants Association: 5<strong>18</strong>-654-2648<br />
www.corinthmerchantsassociation.com<br />
corinthmerchantsassociation@yahoo.com<br />
City of Saratoga Springs Mayor: Joanne Yepsen 5<strong>18</strong>-587-3550<br />
www.saratoga-springs.com<br />
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce: 5<strong>18</strong>-584-3255<br />
www.saratoga.org www.discoversaratoga.org info@saratoga.org<br />
Reach our advertisers at:<br />
First Wilderness Information<br />
and Travel Resources<br />
Tel: 5<strong>18</strong>-761-6409<br />
Email: planning@warrencountyny.gov<br />
This advertisement was prepared with funding provided by the New York State Department of State under Title 11 of the<br />
Environmental Protection Fund.<br />
Photo Credit: Greg Klingler<br />
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Railway through the Heart of<br />
the Adirondacks<br />
Embark on a unique journey through the heart of the Adirondacks<br />
aboard vintage rail cars with Saratoga & North Creek Railway.<br />
Ride along a beautiful 56.5 mile stretch of the Hudson River<br />
between Saratoga Springs and North Creek, traversing through<br />
The First Wilderness Heritage Corridor. Saratoga & North Creek<br />
Railway offers passenger service at three stations and a variety<br />
of tour options, from full day excursions and fall foliage tours to<br />
special event trains such as Wine & Rails and the family holiday<br />
favorite, The Polar Express.<br />
Seated in Style<br />
Guests who have selected Diamond Class<br />
will love seating in our mid-century dome car<br />
with panoramic windows for unobstructed<br />
views of the peaceful passing landscape as our<br />
train travels through several Adirondack villages.<br />
Standard Class passengers are seated aboard fully restored<br />
vintage cars that are certain conversation starters! Passengers will<br />
enjoy vistas of the Upper Hudson River andthe beloved Adirondack<br />
Mountains all from the comfort of their own seat. The Saratoga<br />
& North Creek Railway is a great option for all ages, linking<br />
the cultural attractions of Saratoga Springs with the scenic natural<br />
beauty of the Adirondacks.<br />
Explore<br />
In 2015, the Saratoga<br />
& North Creek<br />
Railway collaborated<br />
with the First Wilderness<br />
Heritage Corridor<br />
to provide its passengers<br />
with a new steponguide/interpreter<br />
on its<br />
spring-fall excursion trains. This guide continues to provide riders<br />
with current local information on town attractions. Touted as the<br />
true “Gateway to Great Adirondack Adventure,”the Saratoga &<br />
North Creek Railway invites passengers to explore more along its<br />
route through its itinerary options.<br />
prospect for chunks of this deep-red gemstone. Hike the new town<br />
trails in the park or just hang your feet in the Hudson along the<br />
banks of the river. Let the shuttle take you to Gore Mountain Ski<br />
Area to ride the gondola during the summer months or take advantage<br />
of the variety of walking trails available at the mountain<br />
through fall.<br />
Browse the Main Street of this historic ski town, stop for a<br />
savory lunch, ice cream or find that perfect balsam pillow in one<br />
of the many shops and visit the cherished “gift to the community”<br />
Tannery Pond Center, complete with its own gallery, theater and<br />
information center. Return to the gift shop at the train station and<br />
visit the North Creek Depot Museum for a chance to learn more<br />
about the Adirondacks and the rich history behind the railroad.<br />
Fall Foliage<br />
During the fall<br />
months of September<br />
and October,<br />
upstate New York<br />
comes alive with<br />
color, boasting some<br />
of the most spectacular<br />
hues the eyes can<br />
imagine. Cast against<br />
the majestic peaks of<br />
the Adirondack Mountains, fall foliage rides aboard the Saratoga<br />
& North Creek Railway are of some of the best views in the<br />
Northeast!<br />
Holiday Fun<br />
The Polar Express - A Family Holiday Tradition Beginning<br />
annually in late November and running through the end of<br />
December,the Saratoga & North Creek Railwaycomes alive with<br />
Christmas magic as the SNCRR trains are transformed into the<br />
magical Polar Express. The Saratoga & North Creek’s Polar<br />
Express offers an amazing holiday experience the wholefamily<br />
can enjoy. Come in your pajamas and sip a steaming cup of hot<br />
chocolate served by singing and dancing elves, as you glide past<br />
the winter wonderlands. Munch on homemade cookies and meet<br />
Santa as he presents you with a special “first gift of Christmas” -<br />
all while you travel in comfort to the magical North Pole. Come<br />
and experience the joy of the holiday season aboard the Saratoga<br />
and North Creek<br />
Polar Express. Group rates available on most trains.<br />
Private Events<br />
The Saratoga & North Creek Railway is a unique option for<br />
parties, corporate outings, special events and fundraisers. With<br />
two dome cars able to seat 120 guests and seating for up to 540<br />
passengers in Standard Class, our<br />
trains can easily host functions of<br />
varying sizes.<br />
Check SNCRR.com for a<br />
complete schedule of special<br />
train events throughout the year<br />
including The Polar Express<br />
Ride to North Creek and enjoy complimentary shuttle service Train Ride.<br />
to the historic garnet mines during the summer where they can<br />
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Corinth, NY By Pam Morin<br />
Corinth, NY is an Upper Hudson River waterfront community,<br />
south of Hadley and Lake Luzerne and 15 minutes from Queensbury<br />
and Glens Falls, with three miles of flat water, allowing watersports<br />
to capture the hearts of both resident and<br />
summer visitors.<br />
These clean clear waters add to the<br />
centerpiece of this quaint town and village.<br />
To highlight this peaceful attraction,<br />
the community has created a wonderful<br />
series of parks that are conjoined by an<br />
easy stroll from the beach along the walkway<br />
allowing for family picnics, reunions<br />
and special events to be a common practice.<br />
The very popular Pagenstecher Park<br />
screams of adventure as its high rise picnic<br />
area hangs above sheer cliffs known<br />
as palisades. These are the only palisades<br />
on the 350 mile Hudson River besides<br />
those on the northern New Jersey shoreline<br />
banks just before entering in to the<br />
Atlantic Ocean.<br />
A park visitor in the Village walking<br />
along the river can also be very captivated<br />
by the extreme drop in elevation and the<br />
dramatic 90 degree angle eastward that<br />
the river takes as it passes by the old pulp<br />
mill and heads to Queensbury and Glens<br />
Falls.<br />
In days gone by, the railway system<br />
spurred from the pulp mill and shirt factories<br />
in town to the main line as product<br />
was transported south to the metropolitan<br />
areas.<br />
Today the Saratoga North Creek Railway<br />
passes through what appears to be a<br />
wide open expanse, with only a lone sign<br />
to alert anyone to the planning that had<br />
been focused on this community.<br />
Train riders would not be alerted to<br />
the excitement and planning that has gone<br />
into the site redevelopment.<br />
the platform and station will take place this summer.<br />
But while they wait, the passionate and patriotic folks of this community<br />
bond and show their strength often as they reach to restructure<br />
the economy on their way to reshaping the future years of the Town<br />
and Village.<br />
The military pride in Corinth in always<br />
accented and the Town Hall Veteran’s<br />
Memorial and Park are true examples<br />
of their heritage and history. The<br />
Honor Roll in front of Town Hall reflects<br />
all those In Active Duty and the Civil War<br />
Monument that stands vigil at Town Hall.<br />
Corinth also has program honoring<br />
Korean War Veterans. On November 8th<br />
at the Corinth High School auditorium,<br />
we will be holding our Veterans Day celebration.<br />
There is plenty to do in this community<br />
as the watersports top the chart, while<br />
special events, hunting, fishing, hiking ,<br />
biking, snowshoeing and summer music<br />
concerts come in second. Above all,<br />
and taking first place would be the leisure<br />
world of camping in the Adirondack<br />
Mountains by the river or lake sweeps<br />
away the blues as the repeat fresh air lovers<br />
spend every minute they can get away<br />
to rejuvenate in the small community.<br />
The arrival of the railroad to Corinth<br />
was one of the big events in the history of<br />
the community.<br />
With it came the telegraph, and<br />
Corinth was brought hours nearer to the<br />
big world centers.<br />
The twenty-five miles to Hadley was<br />
completed by <strong>18</strong>65, and the railroad<br />
began operating a train from Saratoga<br />
Springs through Corinth, and to Hadley.<br />
The building of the railroad has to be one<br />
of the more important historical events<br />
in the development and progress of the<br />
Town and Village of Corinth.accented<br />
and the Town Hall Veteran’s Memorial and<br />
Park are true examples of their heritage<br />
and history..<br />
Today, under agreement with NYS<br />
and part of the First Wilderness Heritage<br />
There is plenty to do in this community<br />
Corridor, plans are underway to move<br />
as the watersports top the chart, while<br />
forward with recently chosen design for<br />
special events, hunting, fishing, hiking ,<br />
a new railroad station and trolley stop with<br />
biking, snowshoeing and summer music<br />
an orientation kiosk and a sidewalk connection<br />
concerts come in second. Above all, and<br />
to the center of the Village. Prog-<br />
taking first place would be the leisure world<br />
ress is being made. The old buried building<br />
of camping in the Adirondack Mountains by<br />
was dug up and removed and new trenches<br />
the river or lake sweeps away the blues as<br />
have been installed for the new foundation.<br />
The site is slated for the installation<br />
the repeat fresh air lovers spend every<br />
minute they can get away to rejuvenate<br />
of electric service. Hope is that Phase 1 of<br />
in the small community.<br />
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Corinth is a quaint<br />
little town in Saratoga<br />
County, Upstate New York.<br />
The Hudson River winds<br />
peacefully through Corinth,<br />
making it a favorite vacation<br />
spot for tourists of all seasons<br />
looking for a place that has<br />
swimming, boating, fishing,<br />
waterskiing, beautiful<br />
fall foliage, snow skiing,<br />
snowshoeing, and much more<br />
all centrally located. In the<br />
extreme southwestern corner<br />
of Corinth is the famous<br />
Mount McGregor, where<br />
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant died.<br />
Come enjoy the serenity of<br />
Corinth, and still be only<br />
15 minutes from all the<br />
fast paced attractions and<br />
entertainment offered in<br />
neighboring communities<br />
of Saratoga, Glens Falls, and<br />
Lake George.<br />
1901. Main Street, looking<br />
south<br />
Corinth – Celebrating 200 Years<br />
I.P. Museum. This building was the first headquarters of<br />
International Paper Company, Corinth, NY. It later became<br />
the offices for the Mill Managers of Hudson River Mill.<br />
The downstairs became the time office for the then 1500<br />
employees to punch their timeclocks in and out for their<br />
respective shifts and pick up their paychecks.<br />
The downstairs also housed the safety shoe office. This was<br />
where the first office of the Hudson River Credit Union was<br />
formed.<br />
When International Paper Company closed its doors in<br />
2002, the town of Corinth asked to have the building<br />
donated to the Town to serve as a paper-making museum.<br />
After several years this did happen, and the Town has begun<br />
the slow process of making the museum a reality. It hired a<br />
Corinth native, and professor at Daniel <strong>Web</strong>ster University,<br />
as the museum’s curator. The process of getting the site on<br />
the National Historic Roll has happened, and a Board and<br />
Community Advisory Board has transpired. Grants have<br />
been applied for and summer programs have been scheduled<br />
there. Visit IP Museum at<br />
https://www.facebook.com/Hudsonrivermillmuseum.<br />
1968. Main Street, looking<br />
south<br />
<strong>2017</strong>. Main Street, looking<br />
south<br />
www.townofcorinthny.org<br />
20<strong>18</strong>... The Town of Corinth<br />
will celebrate its 200 th<br />
birthday in 20<strong>18</strong> (actually April<br />
20, <strong>18</strong><strong>18</strong>). We are in the process<br />
of a year-long grand celebration<br />
beginning with a polar plunge<br />
on January 1 and ending with<br />
a mammoth parade on August<br />
<strong>18</strong>. There are many volunteers<br />
needed to accomplish such an<br />
undertaking. If you are available<br />
to volunteer please email<br />
rlucia@townofcorinthny.com.<br />
We are having a founders day<br />
dinner, selection of a King and<br />
Queen, selection of a Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Corinth, a Faith of our<br />
Fathers Sunday, International<br />
Paper Company Day, a Cate<br />
Mandigo print to auction off and<br />
get prints, history book, firemen<br />
activities, EMS activities, oldfashioned<br />
town board meeting,<br />
time capsule, quilting show,<br />
bicentennial dance and tons of<br />
other activities.<br />
We would like to get every<br />
club, organization or group to<br />
participate in an event during<br />
the year and in the huge parade.<br />
Contact Supervisor Richard Lucia at rlucia@townofcorinthny.org or the Corinth Merchant<br />
Association at 5<strong>18</strong>-654-2648 for further information.<br />
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<strong>2017</strong> First Wilderness<br />
Heritage Corridor<br />
“Take it to the River”<br />
By Pam Morin, First Wilderness<br />
Whether planning your next vacation or your next daytrip to<br />
the Southern Adirondacks, be sure to include the First Wilderness<br />
Heritage Corridor on your itinerary. The Corridor stretches from<br />
Corinth to North Creek and is unified by the region’s commitment<br />
to providing visitors with unlimited recreational, cultural and historic<br />
opportunities. For a complete listing of these opportunities,<br />
please visit us at firstwilderness.com. There are several up-andcoming<br />
projects in the works this year, such as:<br />
Corinth is set to begin construction on the Corinth Rail Station<br />
along the Saratoga-North Creek Railway. This project has<br />
been years in the making, but once complete will offer travelers a<br />
full-service rail stop.<br />
Lake Luzerne’s Adirondack Folk School, is the only facility<br />
within 200 miles that is dedicated to the teaching of arts, crafts,<br />
and cultural heritage. The School is actively restoring the structure,<br />
inside and out, and is anticipating a fully accessible facility<br />
by the end of the year.<br />
Stony Creek’s Dean Farm Heritage Trails offers approximately<br />
3 ½ miles of handicapped accessible trails and boardwalks. In<br />
addition to the existing paths, the Town is planning the expansion<br />
of these trails and will be establishing a community center at the<br />
site.<br />
provide visitors<br />
and residents the<br />
ability to walk or<br />
pedal throughout<br />
Chestertown.<br />
The Chester-Pottersville<br />
Trail is<br />
the latest to meet<br />
this vision. Work<br />
is underway to<br />
provide a 10.7-<br />
mile trail linkage<br />
between the Hamlet of Chestertown<br />
and DEC’s Scaroon Manor<br />
Day Use Area. A blueway trail is<br />
planned to run parallel to the path<br />
and utilize Chester Creek, Schroon<br />
River, and Trout Brook.<br />
North Creek’s Main Street<br />
is getting a well-deserved facelift. During<br />
the summer of <strong>2017</strong>, new waterlines will be installed beneath a<br />
reconstructed Main Street. New sidewalks, lighting features and<br />
other streetscape enhancements will complete the restoration of<br />
this corridor.<br />
The First Wilderness Heritage Corridor is in the midst of planning<br />
a sixty-mile multi-modal trail, The First Wilderness Trail,<br />
which will extend from Corinth to Tahawus, providing users the<br />
ability to experience America’s First Wilderness, up close.<br />
Be sure to follow us on Facebook for the latest updates, including<br />
upcoming events and the Trail of the Week.<br />
Warrensburg is reclaiming its waterfront! The site of the former<br />
Board and Paper Mill, located on Route 4<strong>18</strong>, is being transformed<br />
into Papermill Park, complete with a pavilion and event<br />
lawn to hold musical performances, numerous trails, kayak portage<br />
below the dam, and a riverside boardwalk and observation<br />
deck.<br />
North Creek Riverfront Park<br />
& Historic Mundy Property<br />
PROPOSED DECIDUOUS TREES<br />
EXISTING BUILDINGS (BEYOND)<br />
Chestertown is forging new connections in the community<br />
PARKING LOT AND SIDEWALK STAIRS WITH ACCESSIBLE<br />
STAIRS WITH<br />
OUTDOOR PLAZA SPACE<br />
OUTDOOR PAVILION<br />
SIDEWALK AND ON-STREET MAIN STREET<br />
HANDRAIL SIDEWALK<br />
HANDRAIL<br />
(20'-0" x 40'-0")<br />
PLAZA ENTRY PARKING LANE<br />
by providing an extensive trail network, and when complete will<br />
10'-0" (WIDTH VARIES)<br />
8'-0" AVERAGE<br />
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THIS CROSS SECTION SHOWS THE PROPOSED<br />
PLAZA WHEN VIEWED FROM THE WEST. REFER TO<br />
DECORATIVE PEDESTRIAN<br />
SCALE LIGHT FIXTURES<br />
INTERPRETIVE<br />
KIOSK<br />
STREET LIGHT ALTERNATIVE<br />
FLAGPOLE<br />
ORNAMENTAL<br />
CLOCK TOWER<br />
(BEYOND)<br />
FUTURE ACTION<br />
ITEM/RECOMMENDATION<br />
EXPLORE REPLACEMENT OF<br />
EXISTING COBRA HEAD LIGHT<br />
FIXTURE WITH DECORATIVE<br />
FIXTURE. ADDITIONAL FUNDING<br />
AND REGULATORY<br />
COORDINATION MAY BE<br />
REQUIRED.<br />
EXISTING UTILITY POLE<br />
EXISTING COBRA HEAD<br />
LIGHT FIXTURE<br />
DECORATIVE PEDESTRIAN<br />
SCALE LIGHT FIXTURE<br />
PLAN TITLED "MUNDY PARCEL IMPROVEMENTS" FOR<br />
LOCATION OF CROSS SECTIONAL VIEW, LABELED AS<br />
FOLLOWS:<br />
PLAZA SECTION A<br />
North Creek Main Street and Waterfront Final Enhancement Plan<br />
Town of Johnsburg, Warren County, New York October 2013 the LA group<br />
This document was prepared for the New<br />
York State Department of State Division of<br />
Coastal Resources with funds provided under<br />
Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund.<br />
DOS CONTRACT NO. C006982
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Festival Commons in the Charles R.<br />
Wood Park is the Lake George region’s<br />
premier outdoor festival grounds.<br />
This 2.5-acre venue is the ideal spot for live music, food<br />
festivals, car shows and everything in between. Located near<br />
the lake, this site offers a breathtaking outdoor space, a skateboard<br />
plaza, new restrooms, a children’s adventure playground<br />
and a nature trail.<br />
Visit www.lakegeorgechamber.com<br />
to find places to stay,<br />
eat and play in the<br />
Lake George region.<br />
Don’t forget to visit<br />
the chamber’s coupons<br />
page regularly<br />
for special deals. View<br />
Arlo Guthri<br />
the Lake George Four-<br />
Season Visitors <strong>Guide</strong> digitally on the website or fill out a contact<br />
form to receive your FREE print copy in the mail.<br />
Use the chamber’s<br />
business<br />
directory to find<br />
almost any type of<br />
business.<br />
Search for<br />
things to do on the<br />
Attractions page of<br />
www.lakegeorgechamber.com<br />
using<br />
a variety of categories such as “rainy day activities.”<br />
Be sure to follow the<br />
Lake George Regional<br />
Chamber of Commerce &<br />
CVB on Facebook, Twitter<br />
and Instagram to keep<br />
in touch all year. When<br />
you come to Lake George,<br />
stop in and see us at one of<br />
these three friendly visitor<br />
centers:<br />
Adirondack Wine and Food Festival<br />
Village Visitor Center: 1 Beach Road (the corner of Beach Road<br />
and Canada Street)<br />
Main Office • 2176 State Route 9, Lake George<br />
Route I-87 North Rest Stop between exits 17 & <strong>18</strong><br />
Visit<br />
www.FestivalCommons.com<br />
for an events schedule!<br />
17-19 West Brook Road, Lake George, NY<br />
Below is the events schedule for Festival Commons.<br />
Please note dates and events are subject to<br />
change. Visit www.festivalcommons.com before planning<br />
your trip and follow Lake George Festival Commons<br />
on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.<br />
June 24-25: Adirondack Wine and Food Festival<br />
July 8-9: Nordesee Auto Show<br />
July 10-12: Lake George Film Festival<br />
July 14-16: Queen of the Lakes EVP Pro-am Volleyball<br />
Tournament<br />
July 21: Shrine Circus<br />
Aug. 13-14: British Music Invasion Festival<br />
Aug. 22: Lake George Music Festival: Sounds of Our Time<br />
Aug. 26-27: Siege and Surrender of Fort William Henry<br />
Sept. 2-3: Adirondack Independence Music Festival<br />
Sept. 8-10: Adirondack Nationals Car Show<br />
Sept 15-17: 11th Annual Hemmings Concours D’Elegance<br />
Sept. 23-24: American Music Festival<br />
For help planning the perfect stay in Lake George, call (5<strong>18</strong>) 668-5755.<br />
Oct. 14: Free to Breathe 5K<br />
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Nice Liquid Since 1999!<br />
The Adirondack Pub & Brewery tapped their<br />
first keg in 1999. They have since grown to producing<br />
nearly 10,000 barrels of their handcrafted<br />
ales and lagers annually. With recently announced<br />
expansion plans, the brewery’s capacity will triple.<br />
Recently rated the #1 Brew Pub in the Northeast<br />
by the Brewer’s Association, an organization of<br />
more than 3,000 U.S. brewery members, Adirondack<br />
Brewery contributes its success to consistently<br />
producing quality beer brewed with local<br />
ingredients and bedrock spring water free from<br />
minerals and impurities. Adirondack Brewery<br />
brews over 30 unique beers annually including<br />
year-round, seasonal, and one-off offerings. “Our<br />
brewers have an excitement for their craft that is<br />
reflecting in their creativity and endless research in<br />
discovering new tastes and brewing techniques”,<br />
said owner John Carr.<br />
The Pub has recently completed its second<br />
floor expansion, creating more than 50 additional<br />
seats in an upstairs dining room, dubbed ‘The<br />
Barrel Room’. The Barrel Room serves as a yearround<br />
event space with rustic decor overlooking<br />
Lake George for guests to enjoy. In addition to The<br />
Barrel Room, Adirondack Brewery is nearing the<br />
launch date for its newest venture: High Peaks Distillery.<br />
Located next-door to the Brewery and local<br />
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favorite, Caffe Vero, the company plans to produce whiskey. Adirondack<br />
Brewery’s soda line, Lake George Soda Works, plans to offer two more<br />
year-round handcrafted sodas to its portfolio. In addition to its famous<br />
Moose Wizz Root Beer, Lake George Soda Works will<br />
start to produce Very Berry Cherry and Au Pear Ginger<br />
this summer.<br />
Discover Adirondack Ale and Lake George Soda<br />
Works at supermarkets, beverage centers, bars, and<br />
restaurants throughout the Adirondack region and in<br />
over 40 New York State counties. Stop in at the Pub &<br />
Brewery located at 33 Canada Street in the southern end<br />
of the Lake George Village to enjoy lunch or dinner,<br />
sample their award winning ales, and take a brewery tour.<br />
The Pub is open at Noon, 7 days a week throughout the<br />
Summer.<br />
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LAKE GEORGE STEAMBOAT CO.<br />
Celebrating 200 Years • <strong>18</strong>17~<strong>2017</strong><br />
Lac du Saint Sacrement<br />
Luncheon & Dinner Cruises<br />
Sunday Prime Rib Dinner<br />
Monday St. Louis Ribs<br />
Special Theme Dinners<br />
Fireworks Cruise<br />
M.V. Mohican<br />
Paradise Bay &<br />
Islands of “Narrows” Cruises<br />
Full Lake Cruise<br />
Taco, Mac ‘n Cheese, Pizza<br />
& Pasta Cruises<br />
Sternwheel Steamboat<br />
Minne-Ha-Ha<br />
Daily One Hour<br />
Paddlewheel Cruises<br />
Friday Pirate’s Cruise<br />
& Moonlight Cruises<br />
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57 Beach Road • Lake George, NY<br />
Information and Reservations • 5<strong>18</strong>-668-5777, ext. 4 • LakeGeorgeSteamboat.com<br />
Celebrating 200 Years of<br />
Cruising The Past & Present<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>, the Lake George Steamboat Company will be celebrating<br />
200 years of being in business, the longest continuously operated<br />
boat company in the world. We are planning many special events<br />
during the months of <strong>2017</strong>, including special cruises, dock concerts,<br />
special mementos and drinks, and other occasions to celebrate<br />
our unique business, the community and other businesses of Lake<br />
George, and the Queen of American Lakes, Lake George.<br />
On April 15, <strong>18</strong>17, the Lake George Steamboat Company was<br />
incorporated by the Legislature of the State of New York. Our young<br />
America was, in <strong>18</strong>17, also busting out in relatively untroubled years<br />
following the conclusion of the War of <strong>18</strong>12. The Louisiana Purchase<br />
had almost doubled the land area of the United States, Lewis and<br />
Clark had carried our Flag to the Pacific Ocean, James Monroe (the<br />
Fifth and last of the founding fathers to be elected President) had<br />
just taken the oath of office. Still living were Thomas Jefferson, John<br />
Adams, James Madison and Andrew Jackson (future President). Napoleon<br />
Bonaparte was living as a prisoner on the Island of St. Helena.<br />
The Lake George<br />
area, Ticonderoga and<br />
south to Lake George<br />
Village (then known as<br />
Caldwell), was familiar<br />
to the many soldiers who<br />
had fought in the French<br />
& Indian War and in the<br />
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Revolutionary War. As more people came to this area, townships such<br />
as Hague and Bolton and Caldwell were formed. By <strong>18</strong>19, Caldwell<br />
was estimated to have 500-600 people.<br />
As the <strong>18</strong>00s went by, the rich and famous began coming from<br />
New York City and other cities on the East Coast to vacation and<br />
spend summers here on the Lake. Before the roads were built, people<br />
would arrive at the Steamboat Station (now our gift shop) on trains<br />
run by the Delaware and Hudson Railway, transfer to steamboats, and<br />
complete their journey further up the Lake to their homes or summer<br />
hotels. The Steamboats would also deliver mail and provisions<br />
to towns along the Lake.<br />
Fifteen ships have sailed for us throughout our 199-year history.<br />
You know about the three ships that sail for us right now, but you may<br />
not know about the 12 fine vessels that have sailed for us in previous<br />
years. The Steamboat company’s first boat was the “James Caldwell”,<br />
80’ long and 20’ wide, whose best speed was 4 mph. She was followed<br />
by the” Mountaineer”, the “William Caldwell”, the “John<br />
Jay”, the first “Minne Ha Ha”, the “Ganouskie”, the first “Horicon”,<br />
the first “Ticonderoga”, the first “Mohican”, the “Sagamore”,<br />
the second “Horicon”,<br />
and the second “Ticonderoga”<br />
(which went out<br />
of service in 1994). Currently<br />
sailing are the second<br />
“Mohican”, the second<br />
“Minne Ha Ha”, and<br />
the “Lac du Saint Sacrement”.<br />
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www.christiesonthelake.com<br />
SEAFOOD!<br />
Clams, Shrimp, Tuna, Raw Bar<br />
The Best Burgers & Salads in Town<br />
Live Entertainment | Daily Specials<br />
Steak & Steamhouse Lounge | Fine Wine & Spirits<br />
Located right above Christie’s on the Lake<br />
Expertly prepared steaks, fresh seafood, pastas and more<br />
to delight even the most discerning gourmet palate.<br />
BEST VIEW<br />
LAKESIDE<br />
Christie Lane, Lake George | 5<strong>18</strong>-668-2515<br />
Handicap Accessible | Gluten Free (F) & Vegetarian (V)<br />
Open daily 11 am – 3 am | Happy hour 4–6 at downstairs bar | Dinner 5–10<br />
Open Daily at Noon for<br />
Lunch & Dinner<br />
All Your Vegetarian Favorites!<br />
Kids Menu Always Available.<br />
Sizzling Fajitas, Mexican Salads,<br />
Combo Platters, Juicy Steaks,<br />
Tender Chicken, Seafood,<br />
Fresh Burgers, Wraps<br />
DAILY SPECIALS:<br />
MON: Draft Night – $4 Drafts<br />
TUES: Ladies Night<br />
1/2 off apps & $5 Sangrias<br />
WED: Margarita Night<br />
Traditional $5, Flavored $6<br />
THURS: Fireworks Night<br />
FRI: All You Can Eat Tacos<br />
SUN: Wine Night – $5 a Glass<br />
We carry over 75 different tequilas<br />
Gluten Free (GV) Vegetarian (V)<br />
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Great food~BBQ Ribs<br />
bloomin’ onions, awesome<br />
burgers, our homemade<br />
Root Beer; “MooseWizz,” and<br />
local craft beer. Kids menu,<br />
player piano, thunderstorms,<br />
critters, and a very cool staff!<br />
Lake George is Summer Fun!<br />
Summer is all about fun, action, and activities. A chance for<br />
parents and kids to unwind after the long school year. Kids agree<br />
there’s no better place than Lake George to make your summer<br />
vacation the best one yet! From the minute you arrive, it’s everywhere!<br />
FUN totally surrounds you. You haven’t even taken the<br />
car’s key out of the ignition when you watch<br />
your toddler trying to chew his way out<br />
of the car seat, while the older ones are<br />
bouncing up and down while scrambling<br />
to unbuckle their seat belts all the while pestering<br />
you to, “ Hurry up dad.” Yup. You are<br />
in Lake George where the big question is not,<br />
“I’m bored, what’s there to do?,” but rather,<br />
“What are we doing first?”<br />
my! Maybe you better add a few more days to your vacation so<br />
you can enjoy it all! Even when it rains we will never let Mother<br />
Nature rain on your parade, there’s lots of indoor activities to keep<br />
boredom at bay. Our hotels and motels are kid-friendly with many<br />
offering family budget sensitive rates, kids-eat-for-free on-site<br />
dining, large rooms, children pools, game rooms and computer<br />
access. Lake front accommodation feature rowboats, kayaks<br />
and paddle boats~all equipped with child-sized life<br />
jackets. Most restaurants offer a child’s menu<br />
and fun activities for children.<br />
One of the villages newest restaurant additions<br />
is the Moose Tooth Grill, located on Canada<br />
Street at the northern end of the village right after<br />
Shepard’s Park, on the opposite side of the street.<br />
The Moose Tooth Grill caters “moosely” to children<br />
and has created a fantasy forest dining<br />
We really don’t mean to boast,<br />
atmosphere complete with critters, trees, sound<br />
but we own braggin’ rights to: theme<br />
effects, animation, a booming thunder and lighting<br />
parks, roller coasters, loop-de-loops, tubing,<br />
storm, waterfalls, player piano, games, and<br />
go-karts, laser tag, paint-ball, water<br />
friendly wait staff. Their menu offers both mama<br />
parks, miniature golf, boat cruises,<br />
and papa moose selections as well as a baby<br />
parasail rides, penny arcades, a real<br />
moose menu. Mature moose, bears, and foxes<br />
fort and museum, trail rides, a honest<br />
will enjoy the separate bar area featuring twelve<br />
to goodness real rodeo, zip-lines,<br />
selections of draft beer. Come on in for some<br />
tree rope course, train rides, rafting, haunted<br />
great food and fun for the entire pack. Make<br />
house, lots of shops with neat stuff, special events,<br />
sure to have dinner at the Moose Tooth Grill on<br />
water skiin .g, wake boarding, boat rentals, scuba diving,<br />
Thursday nights, grab some ice cream and caramel<br />
and believe it or not, the summer home of Frankenstein<br />
corn, then wander down to the shoreline to view the<br />
and his gang of gory ghouls! There’s also plenty of free activities;<br />
weekly summer fireworks extravaganza, a Lake George<br />
fishing, swimming family events, hiking and camping! Oh Village summer tradition.<br />
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The Lake George Region is Bicycle Friendly<br />
Residents and visitors to the Southern Adirondacks have discovered<br />
some great cycling. The Warren County Bikeway, a 10<br />
foot wide paved and landscaped County bike path was completed<br />
in 1978. This destination bike path begins in Lake George Village’s<br />
Westbrook Park and passes through 10.5 miles of Southern<br />
Adirondack scenery to Queensbury, where it passes over Quaker<br />
Road and links riders to the Feeder Canal System. Combined, the<br />
two bikeway system will offer visitors and residents twenty plus<br />
miles of “destination” bicycle riding opportunities.<br />
As cycling has become more<br />
popular, the Warren County GIS<br />
Program has taken on the goal<br />
of creating a series of hiking and<br />
biking maps for Warren County.<br />
The maps are available for download<br />
on the program’s website (http://warrencountyny.gov/gis/<br />
maps) and on the First Wilderness website (http://www.firstwilderness.com).<br />
Additional maps are added regularly.<br />
In addition, Warren County GIS offers two interactive map<br />
websites, the Community Map (http://gis-2.warrencountyny.<br />
gov/warrencountygis), which includes information on bicycling<br />
and other recreation opportunities throughout the County, and<br />
the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor Story Map (http://gis-2.<br />
warrencountyny.gov/shortlist/), which offers details about a variety<br />
of recreation and cultural opportunities throughout the First<br />
Wilderness region.<br />
Welcome, whether you’ve come for a nice relaxing vacation<br />
or want to discover all the Adirondack region has to offer, what<br />
better way to experience the area than on a bicycle?<br />
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5<strong>18</strong>-532-7675 • schroonlakechamber.org • schroonlakeregion.com<br />
The Schroon Lake Region is easy to get to and close to everything.<br />
With convenient access directly from the I-87 Northway,<br />
Schroon Lake is midway between Lake George and Lake Placid<br />
and within easy driving distance of 100’s of the best Adirondack<br />
attractions. Nestled in the southeastern tier of the Adirondacks,<br />
the Schroon Lake Region features scenic mountain landscapes,<br />
endless outdoor adventures and exciting activities and entertainment,<br />
all complemented by the natural flair of a classic lakeside<br />
community.<br />
Schroon Lake Village itself features a host of family-friendly<br />
amenities including shops and restaurants on our quaint mainstreet,<br />
a beautiful 9-hole golf course with stunning views, all<br />
highlighted by an expansive lakeside town park which includes<br />
tennis and basketball courts, a boat launch and docks, and a large<br />
beach hailed as one of the best in the Adirondacks. If calming<br />
pursuits are what you are after, visit our yoga and meditation studio<br />
on Main St for a class or schedule a massage.<br />
The Schroon Lake Region is situated between two wilderness<br />
tracts. Of course, the centerpiece of all summer activities is pristine<br />
9-mile Schroon Lake itself. Whether enjoying it by sailboat,<br />
motorboat, canoe or kayak, you’ll want to be on<br />
the water whenever possible. If you prefer the<br />
mountains and forests, you can explore the hundreds<br />
of trails in and around the region. You may<br />
want to start with a quick hike up Mt. Severance<br />
just north of the village, which affords a beautiful<br />
view of Schroon Lake and is great short hike for<br />
beginners or whole families<br />
Similarly, the Schroon Lake Arts Council presents a variety of<br />
musical events at the Boathouse Theater. On Mondays, don’t miss<br />
the popular Open Mic Night; on Wednesdays during the summer,<br />
gather for family Square Dancing in the Town Park. Catch a film<br />
at the old-fashioned movie theater or visit one of the noted historic<br />
sites in the region—the Schroon-North Hudson Historical<br />
Society is great resource for historical information and holds several<br />
presentations throughout the year. Cultural highlights of the<br />
summer season include the Fourth of July Parade and Fireworks,<br />
annual Arts and Crafts Fair in July, the Adirondack Folk Festival<br />
in August and of course, our amazing Adirondack Marathon in<br />
September.<br />
A few other unique attractions in the area are Natural Stone<br />
Bridge and Caves, which features the largest cave entrance in the<br />
east, the Adirondack Buffalo Company where you can see live<br />
bison, or for an afternoon of family fun, visitors can now purchase<br />
a day pass to enjoy the amenities at the Yogi Bear Jelly Stone<br />
Camp-Resort at Paradise Pines.<br />
Depending on what amenities you’re seeking, Schroon Lake<br />
offers an array of lodging options to complement your Adirondack<br />
adventure. From cozy bed & breakfasts, affordable<br />
family friendly motels, cabins and lodges,<br />
to private rentals and campgrounds, the Town of<br />
Schroon Lake can accommodate you.<br />
With its long history as a family resort, the<br />
area retains its old-fashioned feel. Free from the<br />
hype of typical tourist meccas, Schroon Lake<br />
has a timeless charm and authentic quality distinguishing<br />
it from other vacation destinations.<br />
Schroon Lake features a superior selection<br />
of cultural venues, the renowned Seagle Music<br />
The small community has preserved its wholesome<br />
character, offering visitors a pure Adirondack experience.<br />
Colony, outstanding professional operas, musicals and concerts.<br />
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Drake’s<br />
Restaurant & Motel<br />
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every Wednesday<br />
Lobster • Clams • Crab Clusters • Scallops<br />
Haddock • Italian Specialties and Steaks<br />
Open Tuesday – Sunday @ 4 pm<br />
Motel<br />
affordable, modern lodging<br />
Family / Deluxe suites • Cabin<br />
Standard / Queen / Double guest room<br />
Walking distance to Schroon Lake village<br />
Catering available<br />
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1299 U.S. Route 9<br />
Schroon Lake, NY 12870<br />
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Neapolitan style pizza, steaks, chicken, seafood,<br />
pastas, salads, gluten free and vegetarian<br />
options. Dine alfresco on our dog friendly patio<br />
by the fire pit or fireside in our handcrafted<br />
lodge. Our exquisite handmade cherry bar<br />
serves up the best in local craft drafts,<br />
fine wines and made to order cocktails.<br />
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Everything you need<br />
to get out on the<br />
water for a day,<br />
a weekend or<br />
a season!<br />
We are a boat launch facility for all motor boats,<br />
canoes, rowboats and offer a Pro Shop with<br />
wakeboards and waterskis.<br />
Gas<br />
Repair & Service<br />
Boat Supplies<br />
Dock Rentals<br />
Boat Sales<br />
Dock Sales<br />
Motor Sales<br />
Winter Storage<br />
31 Marina Road, Schroon Lake, NY<br />
5<strong>18</strong>-532-7884 • SchroonLakeMarina.com<br />
Dios (Bridge of God)<br />
and later described in Morse’s Geography<br />
of 1790, the stone bridge<br />
has captivated visitors for over 200<br />
years. Take a walking stick, map,<br />
and camera and set out on a selfguided,<br />
above-ground, natural stone<br />
step nature trail and experience<br />
up-close the many unique rock features,<br />
such as potholes, grottos, and<br />
waterfalls. Descend into lighted<br />
surface caves with raging waterfalls<br />
or tranquil dark pools. Try an “Adventure<br />
Tour” for those willing to<br />
crawl and get a bit dirty, ending with<br />
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The massive<br />
stone bridge<br />
arch - the largest<br />
marble<br />
cave entrance<br />
in the East -<br />
dominates this<br />
s p e c t a c u l a r<br />
display of Adirondack<br />
geology.<br />
Originally<br />
named<br />
Ponte de<br />
a float through<br />
Garnet Cave.<br />
An extensive<br />
Rock Shop<br />
offers many<br />
fine crystals,<br />
gems,<br />
f o s s i l s ,<br />
b o o k e n d s<br />
& geodes.<br />
Additional<br />
activities<br />
i n c l u d e :<br />
gemstone mining, gold rush<br />
mine, crystal quest mine, climbing<br />
walls, <strong>18</strong>-hole disc golf<br />
course, fish feeding, jewelry<br />
making, decorating walking<br />
sticks or uncovering ancient<br />
bones in the dino dig. Food service<br />
includes a snack bar at the<br />
caves facility and over 40 flavors<br />
of soft ice-cream at the<br />
Rt. 9 Stone Bridge Ice Cream<br />
Stand. Cabins available for rent<br />
May-Oct. Snowshoe trails (14+<br />
miles) & tours Dec-March.<br />
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“”Beautiful and amazing… nature at its best!”<br />
-See all our 5-star reviews on TripAdvisor.com<br />
THE MYSTERY<br />
OF CAVES<br />
THE POWER OF<br />
WATERFALLS<br />
Two minutes from Exit 26 on the Northway<br />
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EXPERIENCE THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST AT THE RANCH!<br />
Experience the spirit of the west at The Ranch - a place where kids can be kids and<br />
imagination runs wild. With a multitude of fun activities, there is never a dull moment<br />
for kids grades 1-5 at The Ranch.<br />
Top off the experience with a horse-bucking rodeo! Open to the public, our<br />
Family Fun Night and Rodeo are FREE every Friday in July and August starting at<br />
7pm! With tons of activities for the whole family, it is an event you won’t want to miss!<br />
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schroon lake<br />
Schroon Lake Annual Events<br />
4th of July Spectacular–July 4<br />
Starting at 9am...Patriotic Run, Chicken BBQ, Concerts,<br />
Bounce Houses, Face Painting… we have it all. At 6pm is our<br />
Annual Parade on Main Street, followed by a Patriotic Concert at<br />
the Beach and Fireworks over the Lake at Dusk.<br />
Arts & Crafts Fair–July 15 • Town Park • 10am-4pm<br />
Town of Adirondack Yard Sale–August 12 • 9am-3pm<br />
Adirondack Folk Festival –August 13 • Town Park Noon-5.<br />
Garage Sale in the Park–September 2nd • 9am-3pm<br />
Annual Labor Day Street Dance–September 2nd • 7-9pm<br />
1-Eye Classic Bike Ride – September 17<br />
Adirondack Distance Festival–September 23 & 24<br />
Olde Tyme Christmas Celebration–December 9th • All Day<br />
Ongoing Summer Events<br />
Arts Council Concerts at The Boat House Theatre<br />
Jam Sessions • Mondays • June-Sept. at 7pm<br />
Adirondack Artist & Crafters Expo & Farmers Market –<br />
Thursdays Starting June 29th – September 7th. • 10am-3pm at<br />
Schroon Lake Town Hall.<br />
Historic Schroon Lake Boat Tours–July 6 – August 17 •<br />
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 11am. Reservations Required, $12 per<br />
person, no children under 6. For more info, please call the Schroon<br />
Lake Chamber of Commerce at (5<strong>18</strong>) 532-7675.<br />
Square Dances – Wednesdays • July & August, 7pm at Schroon<br />
Lake Town Park<br />
Word of Life Concerts – Thursdays<br />
Live Music at Jack Wyrtzen Center, WOL Bible Institute, Pottersville,<br />
NY. For more information: call (800) 965-7177<br />
Seagle Music Colony Performances • www.seaglecolony.<br />
org • June 17 – August 20th. Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre<br />
Rodeo – Word of Life Ranch hosts free and family friendly<br />
Rodeos on Friday evenings during July & August. Free!<br />
Petting Zoo fun at 7:30pm, Rodeo at 8:30pm<br />
For more information<br />
on Schroon Lake<br />
Events, please visit<br />
www.schroonlakeregion.com<br />
Concerts beginning in July.<br />
www.schroonlakearts.com • (5<strong>18</strong>) 532-9259<br />
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Fine Arts • Ceramics • Furniture Gifts • Home Decor<br />
Jewelry • Maple Products • Old Fashion Candy Quilts<br />
Stone Sculptures • Table Top Pottery • Wood Carvings<br />
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The<br />
North Country’s largest<br />
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country curtains, rods,<br />
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Real Wood, Custom made cabinetry<br />
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Meet the<br />
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Plus Salad Bar and Potato $16.95<br />
Great Kids Menu<br />
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Dinner Menu Sampling<br />
Full menu boasts over 100 entree choices!<br />
Broiled Atlantic Salmon $21.95<br />
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12oz Angus Top Sirloin starting at $16.95<br />
14oz Prime Rib $25.95<br />
Surf & Turf<br />
Baked Shrimp with NY Strip or Filet Mignon $36.95<br />
Seafood<br />
Twin Broiled Lobster Tails $36.95<br />
Broiled Sea Scallops $24.95<br />
Pasta<br />
Fresh Eggplant Parm with Tomato Sauce $16.95<br />
Chicken Scarpelle $<strong>18</strong>.95<br />
Zuppa di Pesce $44.95<br />
Lobster Tail, Shrimp, Sea Scallops, Calimari served Fra Diablo<br />
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All entrees include a 35 item salad bar<br />
Lunch Specials starting at $6.50,<br />
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Dinner; 3:00 to 9:00:pm<br />
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Thurman, NY<br />
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Lake Luzerne Celebrates<br />
225th Anniversary with<br />
History and Adventure<br />
Est. 1792-<strong>2017</strong><br />
Originally, Luzerne was part of the “Town of Queensbury<br />
Tract” beyond the mountain at its western edge (their west part of<br />
town), and the place was called Westfield, which was obligated to<br />
stand on its own feet and organize itself into a township. At the<br />
end of the Revolutionary War with England, Westfield became<br />
known as Fairfield and incorporated as a township on April 10,<br />
1792 when the town of Queensbury relinquished their ‘west’ tract.<br />
The Town later became known as Luzerne and then in 1963 the<br />
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name changed again to Lake Luzerne as it is known today.<br />
Two hundred twenty-five years later, the celebration will include<br />
several educational history opportunities starting July 1:<br />
Lake Luzerne History Day, National Day of the Cowboy, 90 Years<br />
of the Dude Ranch Trail and a pageant style celebration parade on<br />
September 16th.<br />
Part of the summer season will include local history buffs and<br />
Ambassadors to be on duty at the Rockwell-Harmon House, the<br />
Gailey Hill School House, the Kinnear Museum of Local History<br />
and the Pagenstecher Pulp Mill Museum every Thursday- through<br />
Sunday from 11-3. All museums are within<br />
a three-block walking distance.<br />
You will fall in love with our past,<br />
present and future, especially along the<br />
Indian Trail from the river to the lake.<br />
This leisurely stroll between “Museums<br />
on Main Street” is a village delight<br />
and very pet friendly. The real treat<br />
is being surrounded by flowing waters<br />
from Lake Luzerne, Wells Creek, and the<br />
Mighty Hudson River’s narrowest and<br />
most picturesque location, Rockwell Falls<br />
from the Bridge of Hope. The rush of the falls is enchanting,<br />
breathtaking and relaxing, especially from the shoreline park behind<br />
the Rockwell-Harmon House Cottage.<br />
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Additional highlighted attractions include the year-round Adirondack<br />
Folk School, the July and August concerts at the Lake<br />
Luzerne Music Camp and Tuesday night at Col. Butler Pavilion<br />
Park.<br />
Outdoor sports and the<br />
“call to nature” lets Lake<br />
Luzerne also be known as an<br />
“Adventure Row,” where we<br />
highlight plenty of opportunities<br />
and activities for river<br />
paddling, tubing, floating,<br />
rafting, canoeing, kayaking,<br />
boarding, hiking, biking,<br />
rodeo and horseback riding<br />
with guided mountaintop<br />
dinner rides available. Plenty<br />
of ice cream stops and<br />
miniature golf,,,,, So, don’t<br />
forget your cameras and be<br />
ready for lots of fun!<br />
Check the Town website (www.townoflakeluzerne.com) for a<br />
list of the special events.<br />
Where Friends<br />
& Waters Meet<br />
Come to Lake Luzerne,<br />
just eleven miles south of Lake<br />
George Village. Here, the Hudson<br />
River squeezes into a narrow<br />
gorge, tumbling over the<br />
dramatic Rockwell Falls. Water<br />
from the Great Sacandaga<br />
Reservoir joins the river in a flurry of white water. Further downstream,<br />
the river widens into “The Bay,” a stretch of water broad<br />
enough for water skiing. For those who seek quiet water, a chain<br />
of four beautiful lakes offer fishing, camping and boating with<br />
two public swimming beaches on Lake Luzerne itself.<br />
Lake Luzerne has catered to visitors since President Grant<br />
came to the area for rest and recreation after the Civil War. The<br />
grand old hotels of that day have given way to modern inns and<br />
restaurants while new tennis and basketball courts, miniature golf<br />
and four local history museums, along with summer concerts and<br />
craft shows, offer a variety of family fun.<br />
Nearby, Lake Luzerne Music camp attracts world-class musicians.<br />
In winter, snowmobilers can ride over 200 miles of forest<br />
trails. Signs for the “Dude Ranch Trail” hearken back to the days<br />
after World War II, when the old logging camps found new life as<br />
Dude Ranches. The Rodeo is still going strong after more than 50<br />
years and several stables along Route 9N still offer horseback riding.<br />
Just north of the Hope Bridge across the Hudson to Hadley is<br />
the most narrow point of the entire Hudson River, Rockwell Falls<br />
south of the bridge the Sacandaga and the Hudson River meet<br />
(confluence) allowing flat water to Corinth. Seasonal railway service<br />
along the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor continues May<br />
to October from the Hadley/Lake Luzerne station stop on Rockwell<br />
Street.<br />
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With over 200 classes,<br />
there’s plenty to explore,<br />
discover and create!<br />
Visit our Gift Shop featuring<br />
hand crafted items from our<br />
talented presenters.<br />
51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne | 5<strong>18</strong>-696-2400<br />
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Wine & Liquor Tastings 4-7 on Saturdays<br />
Offering 5% Veteran Discount<br />
Summer hours (beginning Memorial Day<br />
weekend): Mon–Sat 10-10, Sun 12-8<br />
Off-season hours (after Columbus Day<br />
weekend): 10 am - 9 pm Mon–Sat, Sun 12-8<br />
Bailey’s Wine & Liquors<br />
107 Lake Ave., Lake Luzerne<br />
5<strong>18</strong>-403-4150<br />
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Lake Luzerne Celebrates the<br />
“National Day of the Cowboy”<br />
including the 5th Anniversary of<br />
Ranches, Rodeos & Wranglers” Program<br />
The Warren County Dude<br />
Ranch Trail captured generations<br />
of residents and visitors<br />
that grew up working or<br />
wishing they were part of the<br />
western rodeo culture that<br />
existed in each community<br />
since the late 1930’s to present.<br />
So not to be lost forever,<br />
a weekend of remembrance<br />
and recognition is planned<br />
and supported by resolution<br />
from the State of New York<br />
and the Town of Lake Luzerne<br />
and highlighting Saturday,<br />
July 22 as National Day of the Cowboy (www.ndoc.com).<br />
Thursday starts the “Kick Off’ with a Painted Pony Rodeo” at<br />
the Stony Creek Ranch Resort, Friday, begins at 9 am with Cowboy<br />
Coffee, Storytelling and a tour of the newly renovated Stony<br />
Creek Ranch<br />
Hadley aka 100<br />
Acres Ranch Resort<br />
old timers<br />
that were there<br />
then, like Larry<br />
and Pete Bennett,<br />
John Beatty, Gerald<br />
Woodward,<br />
Jay Putnam, Mark<br />
Munzert, George<br />
Rafferty, Dale Aldrich,<br />
Dick Williams,<br />
George<br />
Staskos, Richard Renker and Bob Morin. BBQ and Rodeo both<br />
Friday and Saturday. Saturday’s is a full day with wake-up coffee<br />
early at Hadley Deli with more tale tales and then move over<br />
the Gailey Hill School House at High Noon for Awards and Colin<br />
Hagedorn’s famous Chili Hot Dogs. All cowboys and cowgirls<br />
and families. Inductees to the Adirondack Cowboy and Cowgirl<br />
Hall of Fame happens here. Evening concludes with the Rodeo<br />
Grand Entry and Inductees announcement, display table and exhibits.<br />
Credit goes to Earl Woodward for projecting and creating the<br />
Era of “Romance at the Ranch” that was so successfully marketed<br />
to the Metro City Gals. Earl created the “Hay Day” of dude ranches<br />
from 1940s, when the Post WWII - Baby Boomers searching<br />
for adventures, parks and playgrounds that were popping up all<br />
over. Today, some of these businesses are still in existence with<br />
second and third generations in charge.<br />
“Warren County had the most amount of dude ranches in the state of<br />
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An Adirondack Tradition –<br />
Rodeo in the Adirondacks? Yes! The Lake Luzerne area has<br />
a tradition of rodeos and dude ranches going back more than 60<br />
years. Families can continue to enjoy professional rodeo performances<br />
today at Painted Pony Ranch in Lake Luzerne, where<br />
cowboys and cowgirls will compete for prizes in eight exciting<br />
events three nights a week.<br />
PAINTED PONY celebrates the opening of its 61st season on<br />
July 4th, and will continue throughout the summer with rodeos<br />
on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights from 8-10 p.m. The<br />
non-stop action features events sanctioned by the American Professional<br />
Rodeo Association (APRA) and International Pro Rodeo<br />
Association (IPRA)<br />
on Saturdays and the<br />
Professional Rodeo<br />
Cowboys Association<br />
(PRCA) on Wednesdays<br />
and Fridays. Experience<br />
the thrill of<br />
watching brave cowboys<br />
competing in bull<br />
riding, bareback riding<br />
and saddle bronc riding.<br />
Be impressed by the<br />
lightning-quick skills of<br />
the steer wrestlers, calf<br />
ropers, team ropers and<br />
breakaway ropers. Aspiring<br />
young cowgirls will get charged up by the speedy barrel<br />
racers as they fly around the barrels and gallop full-tilt toward<br />
“home.”<br />
It’s a night the whole family will remember for a long time to<br />
come.<br />
Before the rodeo starts, take in some authentic Texas BBQ at<br />
the Longhorn Saloon II from 6-8 p.m.<br />
For starters, try the Saloon’s Down Home BBQ Buffet. BBQ<br />
“only” pricing is $16 for adults, $6.50 for children 12 and under.<br />
After the rodeo, the kitchen will remain open from 10 p.m. to<br />
midnight with a light menu.<br />
Painted Pony also has a gift shop, candy store and concessions<br />
on the rodeo grounds. There have also been improvements<br />
to the Painted Pony complex, including “the new full cover over<br />
the grand stand.”<br />
For post-rodeo socializing, the Longhorn Saloon will be open<br />
until 2 a.m. The Saloon will feature Nightly entertainment starting<br />
at 10 p.m. Owner Shawn Graham has completed many improvements<br />
to the Painted Pony complex, including “The Longhorn<br />
Cafe”. In addition to operating Painted Pony, Shawn continues to<br />
maintain the long-term family business, Graham Hoof Trimming.<br />
With his lifetime of rodeo experience, patrons are guaranteed a<br />
professional, well-run operation when they visit Painted Pony.<br />
Admission fee for the rodeo is $16 for adults and $10 for children.<br />
Kids three and under are admitted free of charge. Painted<br />
Pony is located 5.4 miles west of Lake George on Route 9N South<br />
in Lake Luzerne.<br />
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LAZY RIVER TUBING<br />
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Trips daily at 10:00, 11:30, 1:00 & 2:45<br />
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*Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more.<br />
*Trip times may vary depending on river conditions.<br />
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OPEN ALL YEAR<br />
Come see what all the talk is about! A gem in Lake Luzerne<br />
Live entertainment Friday and Saturday nights<br />
Catering available (pick-up or on-site) – Call Tiffany<br />
Full menu and event schedule on website • Featuring Live team trivia and Bar Bingo with music and prizes!<br />
The Horn is a favorite place for locals year-round — that must mean something! • Outdoor patio seating<br />
Affordable, hearty menu features house-made potato chips,<br />
Reubens, burgers, wraps,<br />
nachos, steaks, wings,<br />
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New York, and with the Roy<br />
Rogers, Tom Mix and Gene Autry<br />
TV and Radio programs happening<br />
at the same time truly<br />
enhanced the visitors experience.<br />
This History Day Weekend<br />
allows the past to be captured<br />
in the presence once more as<br />
we remind ourselves of our own<br />
successful heritage and that of<br />
our surrounding communities.<br />
Jack Arehart, Sr. Andy and<br />
Susan Beadnell, George and<br />
Jill Greene, Bob and Shirley<br />
Venton, Jack and Nancy West,<br />
Alan and Myrtle Mitchelltree,<br />
their families Don Woodin and<br />
many more.<br />
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That inner adventure to the<br />
mountains, fresh air, country<br />
cooking, horseback riding<br />
into the woods accents that<br />
wildness that is so attractive.<br />
Thanks to Walter,<br />
Charles and Betty Isaacson,<br />
Charlie Wood, Joe Garry<br />
Sr., Joe and Juanita Garry,<br />
Earl Woodward, Esther and<br />
Please call if you have a<br />
name to add to the never- ending<br />
list of cowboys, cowgirls, wranglers,<br />
ranches, staff and owners.<br />
For more information about the<br />
Ranches, Rodeos and Wranglers<br />
History Day, call Pam Morin,<br />
Lake Luzerne Town Historian at<br />
(5<strong>18</strong>) 696-7<strong>18</strong>4 or pammorin@<br />
frontiernet.net<br />
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Hadley – On the Road Less Traveled<br />
In the most northern part of Saratoga Country, at the confluence of the Great<br />
Sacandaga and the mighty Hudson Rivers is where you’ll find a little gem called<br />
Hadley.<br />
Hadley is a quaint little<br />
town where the roads are less<br />
traveled, the people friendly,<br />
the whitewater the best in New<br />
York and the view from the<br />
top of Hadley Mountain is<br />
breathtaking. You won’t find big<br />
industry there, what you’ll find<br />
are some very talented, genuine,<br />
hard-working entrepreneurs<br />
raising a family and enjoying the<br />
world around them at a slower<br />
pace.<br />
Hadley is a<br />
wonderful place to…<br />
This <strong>18</strong>85 landmark parabolic Bow Bridge is fun to drive over, but the best view comes from the windows of the Saratoga &<br />
North Creek Railway as it crosses the trestle over the Sacandaga River<br />
Looking down Old Corinth Road to the center of the<br />
hamlet beckons us to follow<br />
Make a memory at the Lil’ sugar<br />
Dust-off Car Show the last Saturday<br />
of April<br />
Family fun for all ages at the Maple<br />
in April Festival<br />
A view of Rockwell Falls from the Bridge of Hope,<br />
which spans the Hudson River connecting the Towns<br />
of Hadley and Lake Luzerne<br />
Relaxing overlooking the Sacandaga<br />
at the confluence of the Hudson<br />
River<br />
Visit<br />
Breathe fresh air<br />
Unwind<br />
Make friends<br />
Play<br />
Ride a bike<br />
Climb a mountain<br />
Get dirty<br />
Fall in love<br />
Pitch a tent<br />
Eat well<br />
Rest<br />
Swing a golf club<br />
Work hard<br />
Raise a family<br />
Pray<br />
Picnic<br />
Make a memory<br />
Sing<br />
Cool off<br />
Build<br />
Contact: Supervisor Arthur “Mo” Wright: 5<strong>18</strong>-696-4797<br />
www.townofhadley.net | supervisorwright@townofhadley.org<br />
Hadley Business Association: Sue Wilder: 5<strong>18</strong>-696-4947<br />
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town of hadley<br />
From the mountains to the rivers and across the bridges earns<br />
Hadley the phrase “where friends and rivers meet”. The Bridge of<br />
Hope which spans the Hudson River from Lake Luzerne to Hadley<br />
is the narrowest spot of the Hudson River causing it tumble<br />
and fall from the rock ledges creating Rockwell Falls.<br />
For generations the<br />
force of water has provided<br />
water-power to operate<br />
lumber, paper, and grist<br />
mills along its banks. The<br />
southern view from the<br />
Bridge of Hope is where<br />
the Sacandaga River roars<br />
in from the west to join<br />
the mighty Hudson River<br />
from the east.<br />
The <strong>18</strong>85 historic parabolic Bow Bridge was rescued from demolition<br />
and restored to use in 2006. It’s fun to drive over, but<br />
the best view comes from the windows of the Saratoga & North<br />
Creek Railway as they cross the trestle over the Sacandaga River.<br />
Hadley Mountain Fire Tower<br />
The Hadley Mountain Fire Tower affords a<br />
spectacular views ranging from the Sacandaga<br />
valley to Vermont, the Catskills, and to both<br />
the southern Adirondacks and their northern<br />
high pecks.<br />
By following the red trail markers and an<br />
ascent of 1,525’ leads to the fire tower where<br />
a summit steward, working on an internship<br />
and hired by the Hadley Fire Tower Committee<br />
may greet you. Starting the first of June the<br />
steward will spend the majority of the summer<br />
engaging and telling hikers about the history<br />
and characteristics of the Adirondack Park and<br />
Hadley Mountain Fire Tower. When not greeting<br />
the public, the steward helps maintain and<br />
repair the trail and structures under the supervision of the local<br />
forest ranger and stays in the primitive quarters of the old ranger<br />
cabin, which can be seen just prior to the final turn up to the summit<br />
and its restored fire tower.<br />
Friends of the Hadley Fire Tower Committee will be celebrating<br />
the centennial anniversary of the tower this year with an event<br />
on July15th at the trail head and on the mountain. The Centennial<br />
Celebration continues on July 16 at the Hadley Town Hall<br />
with cake, ‘“meet and greet” former stewards, and a display of<br />
former fire fighting equipment. To learn more about this event<br />
visit www.hadleymtfiretower.org or contact New York State division<br />
of Lands and Forest Region 5 @ 5<strong>18</strong>-623-1278. The second<br />
contact is Linda Ranado who is the chairperson for the Friends<br />
of the Hadley Fire Tower Committee. Her email is lranado@hotmail.com.<br />
To get to the trail head of Hadley Mountain take exit 21 of<br />
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the Adirondack Northway I-87 continue west on route 9N for<br />
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St which becomes Main St., then right onto Bridge St., cross the<br />
Hudson River into Hadley. Continue straight to the four-corner<br />
intersection, turn right onto Stony Creek Rd. (County Route1)<br />
for 3.1 miles left onto Hadley Hill Rd. 4.3 miles right onto Tower<br />
Rd, take a sharp left hand turn onto N. Strawberry Lane, the<br />
parking lot and sign-in is on your left.<br />
Hadley is a community of cottage industries, one of which is<br />
the newly established year-round artists’ gallery featuring over<br />
40 local artisans producing art in wood, clay, stained glass, fiber<br />
and fine art. Everything at Some Favorite Things GALLERY is<br />
unique, one-of-a-kind art from some of the most talented artists<br />
in the north county. Thursdays during July and August a Market<br />
Place of local produce and services will open on the deck of Some<br />
Favorite Things GALLERY (next door to the Hadley Post Office).<br />
Adirondack Aquaponics is a fresh<br />
produce farm, where the combination<br />
of aquaculture (raising Tilapia fish) and<br />
hydroponics to raise plants of lettuce<br />
whose roots are nourished in highly-filtered<br />
nutrientrich water, provides fresh<br />
produce to local markets. The Hadley<br />
community continues to invite visitors<br />
to enjoy the many outdoor recreational<br />
sports, shops, historic sites and scenic<br />
train rides. Hadley is a place where<br />
friends and rivers meet.<br />
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34<br />
Stony Creek – The Road to<br />
a Friendly Town is Never Long<br />
The “Biggest Little Town” in<br />
NY State has more than thirty<br />
thousand acres of Forest Preserve<br />
waiting for hikers, hunters and<br />
campers. Fresh mountain streams<br />
feed into Stony Creek and the<br />
Hudson River, where native brook<br />
trout seek out the fisherman’s lure.<br />
Horseback riding trails wend their<br />
way through the woods, providing<br />
spectacular views of the southern<br />
Adirondacks.<br />
At the heart of Stony Creek,<br />
the 4 Corners, also known as<br />
Creek Center, offers great food,<br />
entertainment and basic amenities.<br />
Choose from a range of prices and<br />
features at local campgrounds,<br />
guesthouses, inns, and lodges.<br />
Along the winding roads, look for<br />
natural mountain water springs<br />
to quench your thirst. Bring your<br />
family to a campground on Stony<br />
Creek, or enjoy the public park for<br />
a cook-out next to the old fashioned<br />
swimming hole. Truly a place to<br />
get away, Stony Creek boasts fresh<br />
mountain air and a quiet reprieve.<br />
The town celebrates its heritage<br />
through the annual Stony Creek<br />
Mountain Days Festival the first<br />
full weekend in August. Music in<br />
the Park is offered Tuesday evenings<br />
in July and August. Visit the<br />
information lean-to at Creek Center<br />
and take a free map of the area for<br />
a self-guided driving tour, locating<br />
trail heads, boat launches, or any of<br />
the local cemeteries dating to the<br />
Civil War. Remember, the road to a<br />
friendly town is never long.<br />
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Stony Creek train platform<br />
Courtesy of Laurie Arnheiter<br />
Capture the spirit of<br />
adventure among friends.<br />
Courtesy of Sue Catana<br />
Lens Lake offers access to pristine waters for fishing and a silent retreat.<br />
Courtesy of Barbara Brooks<br />
Making memories on the Dean Farm Hiking Trail<br />
Courtesy of Pam Morin<br />
The Town of Stony Creek is in the<br />
southwest part of Warren County<br />
and is named for a stream that flows<br />
through it and is a main tributary<br />
directly to the Hudson. The town<br />
was first settled in 1795 and then<br />
incorporated in <strong>18</strong>53 enclosing 82.4<br />
square miles. Known to many where<br />
“the road to a friendly town is never<br />
long.” The east town line is marked<br />
by the Hudson River and the west<br />
town line is the border of Hamilton<br />
County. The newly constructed<br />
railway pavilion is located at the<br />
Stony Creek Ranch Resort where<br />
scenic train operations are seasonal.<br />
Tracks run parallel with the Hudson<br />
River from the North Creek to the<br />
City of Saratoga. Folks can then<br />
transfer to Amtrak and continue<br />
around the world.<br />
The Hudson River Watershed<br />
All Warren County townships have a<br />
portion of their land that drains into<br />
the Upper Hudson River.<br />
Stony Creek is one of 4 towns to<br />
have all of its land in the Hudson<br />
River Watershed. Stony Creek the<br />
stream, drains nearly 50% of that<br />
land mass. A few of the waters that<br />
form Stony Creek are Lens Lake,<br />
Roaring Branch, Smears Creek,<br />
Willis Creek and Kenyontown<br />
Creek. Stony Creek merges into<br />
the Hudson, south of the old<br />
Stony Creek Station on the<br />
Warrensburg Road.<br />
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Stony Creek Town Hall<br />
Location: 52 Hadley Road<br />
Mailing address: P.O. Box 96, Stony Creek, NY 12878<br />
Telephone: 5<strong>18</strong>-696-3575 | Supervisor: Frank E. Thomas<br />
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The Dean Farm Trails –<br />
Stony Creek is about halfway between Saratoga Springs and<br />
North Creek, the southern and northern terminal of the Saratoga<br />
& North Creek Railway.<br />
Once the train<br />
tracks get to the town<br />
of Corinth – a southern<br />
gateway of the Adirondack<br />
Park – they<br />
essentially follow the<br />
Hudson River to North<br />
Creek. This section of<br />
the Park is known as<br />
the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor. With the support of Warren<br />
County Department of Planning and Community Development<br />
Director Wayne LaMothe, towns such as Stony Creek have<br />
been able to secure funding to create infrastructure projects that<br />
help promote the Corridor to tourists.<br />
The train runs along the river with a platform whistle stop at<br />
the Stony Creek Ranch Resort. “We just need to link Creek Cen-<br />
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ter with the train connecting to the First Wilderness Corridor by<br />
creating what people are interested in seeing and doing. Wayne<br />
has done a fantastic job in leveraging the corridor into grant dollars<br />
through the NY Department of State that has benefitted Warren<br />
County and the towns along the First Wilderness Corridor,”<br />
said Stony Creek Town Supervisor, Frank Thomas.<br />
The main project in Stony Creek has been the creation of a trail<br />
system around the Dean Homestead Museum at 4 Murray Road.<br />
In the 1990’s about 8 acres of the old Dean farm on the west<br />
side of Murray Road (creek side) was bequeathed to the Stony<br />
Creek Historical Association to be a museum, and 217 acres on<br />
the east and west side of the road was bequeathed to the SUNY-<br />
ESF Foundation by David and Edyth Haskell. Edyth Haskell was<br />
a direct descendant of Francis J. Dean.<br />
Officially called the Francis J. Dean Farm Heritage Trails,<br />
town leaders have been working on the trail system since 2008.<br />
Thanks to an application filed by Warren County in 2010, the<br />
town secured state grant money for the project – a 50-50 matching<br />
grant, with the town and state each contributing $220,000.<br />
Phase 1 was the establishment of a 1.3 mile ADA compliant trail<br />
around the museum and along the creek. Phase 2, located on the<br />
east side of Murray Road on the SUNY ESF Foundation property<br />
are approximately 4 miles of more rugged hiking trails. Phase 1<br />
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<strong>2017</strong> 14th Annual Stony Creek<br />
Mountain Days Festival, August 4-6, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Friday night kick off, 7pm at the town park pavilion<br />
with music by Aaron Nason & The South Street Saints<br />
Saturday & Sunday Festival starts at 11am on the Town Field<br />
VENDORS & DISPLAYS TOWN-WIDE GARAGE SALE<br />
SCAVENGER HUNT (SATURDAY)<br />
NY STATE LUMBERJACK COMPETITIONS (SUNDAY)<br />
FREE KID’S CORNER, SAT & SUN<br />
FREE Bounce House, FREE SnoCones, FREE Games & More!<br />
• Brightstar Touring Theatre (SATURDAY Pavilion stage)<br />
• “Upcycled Cinderella” - 12:30pm & 3:30pm<br />
• “Happily Ever After” - 11am & 2pm<br />
• Hawk Creek Wildlife Center Exhibits (SATURDAY)<br />
11am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm<br />
• Presentation with animal ambassadors:<br />
“Talk on the Wild Side” 1pm - 2pm & 4pm - 5pm<br />
Saturday Afternoon & Evening Entertainment:<br />
The Uncle Daddy Band, (rock/country mix), 3pm - 6pm<br />
Rick Rourke & Lost Wages Concert, 7pm<br />
PLUS MUCH MORE!! SEE FULL SCHEDULE AT<br />
www.stonycreekchamber.com<br />
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Concerts in the Park<br />
The Kick Off-Of The Town Of Stony Creek Music In The<br />
Park Stony Creek Town Park Every Tuesday Night at 7:00pm<br />
July 4th - August 29th, <strong>2017</strong> Rain or Shine Bring A Lawn<br />
Chair. Located At Stony Creek Town Park Corner Of Lanfear<br />
And Harrisburg Roads. For More Information, Please Contact<br />
Hank Soto at 5<strong>18</strong>.696-5949<br />
7/4/17 - Randy Rollman’s All Star Revue<br />
7/11/17 - Stony Creek Band - For over 40 years, the Stony<br />
Creek Band has been one of the most enduringly popular musical<br />
groups in the northeastern United States. The Stony Creek<br />
Band has thrilled generations of fans with its high energy blend<br />
of rock, folk, country and bluegrass.<br />
7/<strong>18</strong>/17- - The Atkinson Family -- Homed in the iron-laden<br />
foothills of the Adirondack’s Western reaches, the Atkinson<br />
Family Band has a sound reverberating with the traditions of<br />
Bill Monroe’s music, while at the same time incorporating new<br />
grooves and new tones. This band swings and drives through<br />
Stanley Brothers-style mountain songs about life in the rural<br />
country, bitter bluegrass hollers about lost love and betrayal,<br />
gospel songs lamenting lost souls and spooky minor key murder<br />
ballads. In addition to performing a range of bluegrass standards<br />
and contemporary tunes<br />
7/25/17 – Big Fez & The Surfmatics are a four-man group<br />
performing classic surf and beach music from the early 1960’s<br />
and beyond. While all four members are journeymen musicians<br />
who have individually developed their craft through rock, country,<br />
bluegrass, and celtic music, it is the music of their youth,<br />
the “music of the surf”, that has brought them together to form<br />
this outstanding combo. Big Fez & the Surfmatics’ repertoire<br />
includes the great instrumental hits of the surf era,<br />
8/1/17 – Big Easy Playboys -- Start off with a healthy dose<br />
of Cajun and Zydeco from the bayou to get your blood pumpin’.<br />
Then add the sounds of New Orleans R&B and Louisiana rockabilly<br />
to the mix of roots rock and blues to cook up the Louisiana<br />
dance party<br />
8/8/17 -- The Lustre Kings - The Lustre Kings’ front man,<br />
Mark Gamsjager, “remembers when “rock ‘n’ roll” actually<br />
used to signify something,” raved The Beat about the band’s live<br />
show,“and his band sounds like it just left Sun Studios yesterday.”<br />
8/15/17 -- The McKrells - High energy tribal beat instrumentals<br />
with 4 part harmony vocals on songs.Traditonal and<br />
original songs and instrumental.<br />
8/22/17 - Starline Rhythm Boys -<br />
“The trio croons old-fashioned country<br />
songs with pining vocals and retro<br />
Nash Bakersfield feel to them.“If<br />
you’re a fan of classic country and<br />
honky tonk music with elements of<br />
rockabilly, boogie woogie, bluegrass,<br />
western swing and hillbilly<br />
blues.”<br />
and 2 are largely complete with amenities and interest points to be<br />
added as time goes on. It will continue to be a work in progress.<br />
The town has embarked upon a third phase of this project with<br />
the purchase of 8 acres of property at 13 Lanfear Road. This<br />
property is directly across the road from the Dean Homestead<br />
Museum. This will enable the continuation of the Dean trail system<br />
with the intent of a connection to Creek Center. The property<br />
also sits adjacent to the town’s current park, Green Meadows. A<br />
foot bridge will be established over the creek to connect the new<br />
property and the Dean Trails with the Green Meadows Park.<br />
Discussion and planning on other uses of this property are ongoing,<br />
and include overflow parking for large events such as the<br />
annual Mountain Days Festival, a library/community center that<br />
will accommodate large and small groups of people for a multitude<br />
of uses, such as plays, concerts, arts and crafts workshops,<br />
conferences, book signings, nature programs, creek side water<br />
ecology, gardens and greenhouses, and possibility a museum depicting<br />
the town’s history of logging and tanneries. The vision is<br />
development of a facility that can be flexible enough to be used<br />
for many things including space for weddings, family reunions<br />
and celebrations. The goal is to create a destination that attracts<br />
visitors to our area and the First Wilderness Corridor and provides<br />
them with activities to do and things to see. The more people<br />
that visit, the more opportunities expand for businesses to offer<br />
services and products, making for a memorable experience people<br />
will want to repeat.<br />
8/30/16 - Smokey Green<br />
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Town of Thurman – Where Nature is a Way of Life<br />
Roads leading into Thurman<br />
twist along rivers, and their<br />
serpentine course compels you<br />
to slow down, step back from<br />
daily cares and be present in this<br />
time and place. The river entices<br />
anglers, swimmers, canoeists<br />
and kayakers, each enjoying<br />
the Hudson in his own way<br />
and on his own schedule. The<br />
historic Delaware & Hudson<br />
tracks shadow the river and trace<br />
Thurman’s eastern boundary.<br />
They now serve the Saratoga<br />
and North Creek Railway. Learn<br />
more: www.sncrr.com.<br />
Thurman hills resound with live<br />
music in summer – at the town<br />
Concerts in the Park and Nettle<br />
Meadow Farm’s Cheese Jams in the<br />
barn loft.<br />
Hike the Crane trail from Thurman all the way up to heaven. It’s a<br />
Thurman rite of passage.<br />
Family raft trips are one of the specialties at Thurman’s Wild Waters<br />
Outdoor Center.<br />
Thurman hosts farm guests at Maple Days (March) and Fall Farm Tour<br />
(October), with such attractions as this horse-drawn wagon ride to the<br />
sugar bush.<br />
Winter sports enthusiasts will love exploring miles of trails maintained by<br />
Thurman Connection Snowmobile Club.<br />
Meander down our country<br />
roads, just for the ambiance or<br />
with the purpose of attending<br />
one of our annual events or<br />
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Tour in October. Or just reserve<br />
your room at our local B&B,<br />
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Thurman campgrounds with<br />
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Thurman – Cultivating a Heritage of<br />
Living off the Land<br />
Thurman has forever romanced her land and waterways. Hardy<br />
settlers cleared fields to pasture animals and grow crops. They<br />
harnessed creeks to power mills for grinding grist or sawing wood<br />
from thickly forested hills. The woods<br />
offered<br />
not only building materials,<br />
but wild game and maple sap, while<br />
streams and rivers supplied fresh water,<br />
fish, furs and transportation.<br />
The love affair lingers, with many<br />
in Thurman still seeking sustenance<br />
from nature’s abundance, and sharing<br />
their experience with vacationers.<br />
The Glen Lodge, a charming<br />
B&B, perches beside the Hudson, where<br />
fishermen still cast. Kayakers and rafters, patrons of Wild Waters<br />
Outdoor Center and Beaver Brook Outfitters, ply paddles. Many<br />
produce pure and natural foods, like Nettle Meadow Farm’s internationally-acclaimed<br />
gourmet cheeses made from sheep, goat<br />
and cow milk, and Whitefields’ Farm’s plump pork, poultry, fresh<br />
eggs and garden goods.<br />
Thurman boasts the four largest commercial maple producers<br />
in Warren County. Hidden Hollow Maple Farm is operated<br />
by three generations of the Wallace family, and currently boasts<br />
the highest number of taps of the four. Valley Road Maple Farm<br />
makes syrup from a sugarbush worked for over 100 years by the<br />
Combs family. Adirondack Gold Maple Farm claims the title for<br />
tapping trees owned by the Kenyon family for generations reaching<br />
back to the late <strong>18</strong>00s. Toad Hill Maple Farm, worked by one<br />
Galusha family for over 40 years, in 2010 won a USDA REAP<br />
grant to help them build and equip a brand new energy-efficient<br />
facility. These maple producers make an extensive product line<br />
that includes syrup, sugar, cream, popcorn, peanuts and candies.<br />
Many in Thurman cut the vigorously growing forests, for<br />
lumber, like Martin’s Lumber and Northern Hardwoods, to<br />
make rustic furniture at Adirondack Ambiance, or for fuel or<br />
paper. They all celebrate their harvests during annual festivals.<br />
Mountainside Adventures introduces climbers to rocky<br />
mountain slopes in town.<br />
Most of Thurman’s businesses are cottage industries with<br />
no “store-fronts” to boast of their goods and services. Numerous<br />
folks work in the building trade, offering everything<br />
from custom carpentry to either log cabin homes or traditional<br />
“stick built” houses to meet the growing need market for second<br />
homes and vacation camps.<br />
Others operate heavy equipment to build and grade roads or<br />
excavate. Got a gravel road? Hire someone for gravel driveway<br />
re-surfacing. Many ply the traditional Adirondack trade of logging,<br />
but with increased attention to sustainability of this valuable<br />
resource. There are bakers who take their wares to farmers’<br />
markets, seamstresses relied on for custom sewing jobs, house<br />
painters, lawn care specialists, and auto mechanics – including the<br />
long-established Pendell Hollow Garage. A new company, Thurman<br />
Farm Tours, attracts motor coach groups to town to learn<br />
about our agrarian operations.<br />
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TOAD HILL<br />
Maple Farm<br />
Nettle Meadow<br />
Farm and Artisan Cheese<br />
Visit the animals and taste internationally-acclaimed<br />
cheese at Nettle Meadow Goat and Sheep Dairy<br />
Open 10 – 4 Daily<br />
Free Tours and Tasting every Saturday at noon<br />
484 S. Johnsburg Rd., Thurman<br />
Come try our most<br />
awarded cheeses –<br />
Kunik, Apple Cider<br />
Fromage Frais, Briar<br />
Summit, and Sappy Ewe!<br />
Maple goods galore<br />
& souvenir apparel items –<br />
great for gifts!<br />
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Artisans hide out in our hills – painters like George Searing and<br />
Anne Rohe, rustic furniture craftsmen like Al Rohe. Add to the mix<br />
silversmiths, weavers, authors, beadmakers and quilters. An annual<br />
fall show displays the fine handiwork of the quilt-makers.<br />
Special events throughout the year attract visitors to Thurman:<br />
Maple Days, Martin’s Lumber Woods Walk, Nettle Meadow’s<br />
Cheese and Spirits Pairing, Fall Farm Tour, Country Christmas<br />
Bazaar, and the annual Townwide Sale.<br />
Summer is celebrated with an open air concert series at Veterans’<br />
Memorial Field, next to the town hall. Each Monday evening<br />
in July and August, rain or shine, music resounds from the surrounding<br />
hills, entertaining guests under the town pavilion and<br />
tent, and the younger set playing on the adjacent playground. Local<br />
organizations take turns manning a concession stand, serving<br />
summer comfort food dished up with a side order of banter. The<br />
menu of music is varied, ranging from bluegrass to blues, ’60s<br />
surf tunes and ’50s rockabilly to American<br />
roots. The blacktop “dance floor”<br />
will showcase concer-goers cutting the<br />
rug with the lindy, the twist, waltzes,<br />
square dances and contra dances. Each<br />
group of performers will add to their<br />
playlist a special tune or two to engage<br />
children in the audience. Kids also are<br />
invited to access library books during<br />
some concerts. The final concert of<br />
the summer will be concluded with a<br />
fireworks display. The concert series<br />
is made possible, in part, with<br />
grants from the New York State<br />
Council on the Arts and Warren<br />
County occupancy tax money<br />
granted by Thurman.<br />
July and August also offer visitors<br />
and locals alike the chance<br />
to take a leisurely round-trip ride<br />
from Thurman to North Creek<br />
aboard the North End Local, offered<br />
by the Saratoga and North<br />
Creek Railway twice a day each Friday through Monday through<br />
Labor Day. Enjoy the gentle rocking of the train as it glides along<br />
the Hudson, and savor a cup of coffee or glass of wine as you travel.<br />
To the uninformed, Thurman might seem to be a quiet residential<br />
community with not much to offer and little to do, but don’t be<br />
fooled. Look harder. Skilled men and women<br />
offer a multitude of products and services,<br />
and community organizations create<br />
varied activities for young and old. Find out<br />
what Thurman has to offer you. Event and<br />
concert details can be found at Thurman-<br />
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or products of our artisans, home improvement<br />
folks, loggers or food producers, just<br />
request information from our local business<br />
group, ThurmanStation.org.<br />
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Warrensburg – Gateway to the Adirondacks<br />
Come back to a simpler time, where<br />
handsome Victorian era homes<br />
intermingle with later period residences<br />
along tree-lined streets, Nestled in the<br />
Adirondack foothills along the Schroon<br />
River, Warrensburg is just 10 minutes north<br />
of Lake George and 20 minutes south of<br />
North Creek.<br />
Outdoor recreation year-round<br />
• Hike or ski nature trails.<br />
• Canoeing, kayaking or tubing.<br />
• Play <strong>18</strong> holes of golf in a riverside<br />
setting.<br />
• Climb Hackensack Mt., an easy hike<br />
right in town.<br />
• Cool off at Echo Lake, our public<br />
bathing beach.<br />
• Play tennis at free town courts.<br />
• Fish for rainbow, brown and brookies.<br />
• Downhill ski at Hickory or Gore Mt.<br />
• Enjoy groomed snowmobile trails.<br />
• Relax in one of our many parks.<br />
Antiquing and shopping<br />
• Antiques – we’re the Antiques Capital.<br />
• Adirondack furnishings, jewelry and<br />
quality crafts.<br />
• Garage sales weekends May to October<br />
• World’s Largest Garage Sale (believe it!)<br />
the weekend prior to Columbus Day<br />
Weekend.<br />
History<br />
• Historic Mills District with three<br />
riverside parks provides a picturesque<br />
link to its past.<br />
• Over 400 properties on National and<br />
State Historic Register<br />
• Walking and Driving tours at<br />
WarrensburgHeritageTrail.org<br />
• Warrensburgh Museum of Local<br />
History – from Glacial to Global<br />
Camping, lodging and dining<br />
• Campgrounds - riverside or lakeside<br />
• Bed and breakfasts, from elegant<br />
Victorian mansions to charming<br />
restored farmhouses.<br />
• Dude ranches – rides and rodeos!<br />
• Motels offer reasonable<br />
accommodations<br />
• <strong>Dining</strong> from fine gourmet in historic<br />
buildings to simple hometown cooking.<br />
Events<br />
• Smoke Eaters Jamboree (July<br />
28 – 29): Auction, Karaoke &<br />
Children’s Entertainment, Midway<br />
& Rides, Clowns & Magic, Food &<br />
Music, Fireworks<br />
• Farmer’s Market: Friday afternoons<br />
from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m., Memorial Day<br />
through Columbus Day Weekends<br />
• Christmas in Warrensburg: December<br />
2 – 3 (first full weekend in December)<br />
Warrensburg Bandstand<br />
Courtesy of Greg Klingler<br />
Warrensburg mural<br />
Courtesy of Steve Parisi<br />
Fall colors on the Hudson River<br />
Courtesy of Greg Klingler<br />
Veterans Park Monument and Gazebo<br />
Courtesy of Greg Klingler<br />
www.WarrensburgNY.us<br />
Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce<br />
Winter Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.<br />
Summer Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m<br />
3728 Main Street, Warrensburg, NY 12885<br />
Phone: (5<strong>18</strong>) 623-2161<br />
Fax: (5<strong>18</strong>) 623-2<strong>18</strong>4<br />
Warrensburg Town Hall<br />
Town Hall Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 to 4:30<br />
Closed Saturday & Sunday<br />
3797 Main Street, Warrensburg, NY 12885<br />
Phone: 5<strong>18</strong>.623.9511<br />
Town Supervisor Kevin B Geraghty<br />
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Riverside Gallery<br />
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WARRENSBURG, NEW YORK, the town between two rivers,<br />
where handsome Victorian-era homes line tree-lined streets,<br />
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Warrensburgh Museum of Local History<br />
The story of<br />
an Adirondack<br />
Mountain town and<br />
its people, from<br />
glacial to global,<br />
told chronologically<br />
in pictures,<br />
narrative and<br />
artifacts.<br />
Year-round:<br />
Wed. 12-4 pm, Sun. 1-3 pm<br />
Plus June-Sept.: Sat. 11-3 pm<br />
Free admission - Fully accessible.<br />
3754 Main Street,<br />
Warrensburg NY 12885<br />
5<strong>18</strong>-623-2928<br />
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Spend a day in Warrensburg, and you’ll<br />
want to stay forever!<br />
Get outdoors! Both the<br />
Schroon and Hudson rivers<br />
offer canoeing, kayaking<br />
and tubing through rapids<br />
and calm waters, and fishing,<br />
stocked annually, for<br />
the angler. You can also<br />
hike or ski nature trails<br />
along the Hudson River or<br />
at Pack Demonstration Forest. Play golf at Cronin’s in a beautiful<br />
mountain riverside setting. Marvel at the views from Hackensack<br />
Mountain, an easy hike starting right in town. Relax in in our<br />
parks. Or work up a sweat on our public tennis courts. Cool off<br />
at Echo Lake, our public bathing beach. In winter enjoy groomed<br />
snowmobile trails through field and forest or downhill skiing at<br />
Hickory or nearby Gore Mountain.<br />
Warrensburg<br />
has over<br />
400 properties<br />
on the<br />
National and<br />
State Historic<br />
R e g i s t e r s .<br />
Four walking<br />
tours and two<br />
driving tours<br />
help visitors<br />
discover them. The Historic Mills District provides picturesque<br />
links to the past, made accessible from three riverside parks.<br />
(www.WarrensburgHeritageTrail.org)<br />
Antique and Adirondack furnishings shops continue to serve<br />
the quests of shoppers. Garage sales abound. The annual World’s<br />
Largest Garage Sale (believe it!) happens the weekend prior to<br />
Columbus Day Weekend.<br />
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Founded at the turn of the 19th century along the Schroon River<br />
where a 70-foot-drop in 3 miles offered opportunity for three<br />
dams. Tanneries, sawmills, grist mills, a woolen mill and, later,<br />
shirt and pants manufacture, provided hundreds of jobs. At the<br />
turn of the 20th century the town boasted of municipal water and<br />
sewer systems, and even electric streetlights. It was among the<br />
first towns in the area to offer a free high school education to<br />
all residents when the Warrensburgh Academy was converted, by<br />
popular vote in <strong>18</strong>88, to the Union Free School. A trolley line<br />
provided cheap access to towns and cities to the south, and the<br />
populace and industry was soon serviced by a major railroad line,<br />
the Delaware & Hudson. You can learn all about it the Warrensburgh<br />
Museum of Local History, with its two 72-foot long murals.<br />
Among its native sons<br />
was Floyd Bennett, the pilot<br />
who flew Commander<br />
Byrd to the North Pole, who<br />
was awarded the Medal of<br />
Honor, the nation’s highest<br />
military award. U. S. Congressman<br />
Louis Emerson<br />
was born and bred in Warrensburg,<br />
as was his brother,<br />
NY State Senator James<br />
Emerson, a long-term and<br />
influential legislator who<br />
helped create the New York<br />
State highway system in the<br />
early part of the 20th century.<br />
Warrensburg has always been hospitable to travelers and visitors<br />
from its earliest days when numerous hotels lined its streets.<br />
Vacationers seeking a respite from hot cities found Warrensburg<br />
quiet bucolic ways and mountain scenery a tonic from hectic lives.<br />
Warrensburg continues that tradition, with several bed-and-breakfasts,<br />
from elegant Victorian to charming farmhouses and lodges,<br />
dude ranches and several motels<br />
and campgrounds. Fine gourmet<br />
dining in historic buildings, and<br />
hometown cooking in traditional<br />
diner settings draw visitors from<br />
far and wide.<br />
Warrensburg is easily accessed<br />
via Interstate I-87 (Adirondack<br />
Northway Exit 23) or by public<br />
transit: Adirondack Trailways<br />
buses stop several times daily in<br />
W a r -<br />
r e n s -<br />
burg and<br />
Amtrak<br />
has train<br />
service<br />
to Fort Edward, where private arrangements<br />
can be made to Warrensburg. Local<br />
taxi service is available.<br />
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Historic<br />
Adirondack Inn<br />
<strong>Dining</strong> + Tavern + Lodging<br />
………………………………………..<br />
eat. drink. live.<br />
Casual Farm to Table Adirondack Restaurant<br />
Dinner Menu, Lite Tavern Menu, Nightly Specials,<br />
Full Bar, Local Craft Beers, Happy Hour, Live Music,<br />
Free Wi-fi, Outdoor <strong>Dining</strong>, Events Hosting<br />
Restaurant: 5<strong>18</strong>.623.2030 - Hotel: 5<strong>18</strong>.260.7729<br />
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just 5 minutes from Lake George, just off I-87<br />
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With lodging located along the Hudson River, stay and play packages, driving range, putting green,<br />
swimming pool, restaurant and game room, Cronin’s is the area’s only “tee-side” golf destination.<br />
Our full service restaurant and bar offers breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus catering for large groups.<br />
“The Oasis,” located at the 6th and the12th, will keep you refreshed while being challenged on our<br />
top-rated, “along the Hudson,” <strong>18</strong>-hole course. After you play a round, relax with friends on our<br />
deck, for drinks, good conversation, and great views. Make your next tee time at Cronin’s!<br />
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Located just seven miles north of Lake George Village in<br />
Warrensburg, Cronin’s Golf Resort offers an <strong>18</strong>-hole, 6,121<br />
yard, Par 70 course that is one of the most scenic golf courses<br />
in the area. The entire golf course runs along the upper Hudson<br />
River, making for an enjoyable round of golf with a spectacular<br />
Adirondack backdrop.<br />
What’s new this season? Meet your friends and make new<br />
friends! Happy Hour will return from 5 to 9pm and pub fare<br />
will be served. Dine on the Edge, the resort’s outdoor deck, on<br />
comfortable Telescope Casual furniture and wait for the music<br />
to begin. Regional musicians and animated DJ’s will keep you<br />
entertained into the night.<br />
Cronin’s offers you Pub Fare every night. You can spend the<br />
day on the course and dine overlooking the spectacular scenery of this course or you can stop<br />
in to visit and dine with friends. Not a golfer? Then the new pool area is for you! Available for<br />
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overnight and day use guests. Enjoy a good book, a swim and a<br />
cocktail by the pool while you wait for your golfing enthusiast.<br />
Today, the resort is open from April 1 through October 31,<br />
daily from 6 a.m. to dark. Rental carts are available, and here’s<br />
a big pro shop for all your golfing needs. In addition to the regular course, Cronin’s has a driving range for practice.<br />
Lessons are available as well. Cronin’s offers daily<br />
lunches and continental breakfasts. The cocktail lounge<br />
stays open until around 11 p.m. nightly and is open to the<br />
public. For those who want to stay where they golf, the<br />
resort has housekeeping cottages and motel unit’s onsite.<br />
The resort can accommodate golf outings of up to<br />
120 people. Tournaments feature dinner and drinks for<br />
all participants. If golfing is your passion, while you’re<br />
in the area be sure to drop by Cronin’s Golf Resort in<br />
Warrensburg, and find out why it’s been one of the<br />
locals’ favorite places to golf for over 50 years. Make<br />
the Cronin’s family golf tradition your new tradition!<br />
Partner Golfing? Hang out at our pool with<br />
a book, a meal and a cocktail!<br />
New for <strong>2017</strong> – For Ladies Only Tee.<br />
Stay & Play<br />
1-2-3 Bedroom<br />
Housekeeping Cottages.<br />
Only a chip shot from the first tee!<br />
Steps from the Hudson River.<br />
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TOWN OF CHESTER – Come & Settle In<br />
The Town of Chester, just<br />
20 minutes north of Lake<br />
George (Northway exits 25 &<br />
26), offers a glimpse of the simple<br />
life. Beautiful lakes, small towns,<br />
unique shopping and dining, and<br />
Southern Adirondack style are in<br />
abundance.<br />
Hike the Chester Challenge,<br />
comprised of ten local, scenic<br />
hiking and nature trails through<br />
wetlands and nearby mountains.<br />
All skill levels are welcome. The<br />
year-round trails are great for<br />
snowshoeing as well as a simple<br />
walk in the woods and traditional<br />
hiking. Thousands of people<br />
have already earned the Chester<br />
Challenge patch and pin. Sign<br />
in at the Chamber Building on<br />
Route 8 at Dynamite Hill.<br />
A perennial bevy of events<br />
are maintained by various<br />
organizations. Bring your dog to<br />
Woofstock in June; taste fare from<br />
local restaurants at November’s<br />
Taste of the Tri-Lakes; the Krazy<br />
Downhill Derby is a signature<br />
event in February; classic car<br />
shows, farmers’ markets, live<br />
performances at the Carol<br />
Theater, and fireworks occur<br />
throughout the summer months<br />
and into fall (July/August); and<br />
the award-winning Rum Runner<br />
weekend in September celebrates<br />
the Jazz Age.<br />
Chestertown Farmer’s Market every Wednesday throughout the<br />
summer months on the lawn of the Chester Municipal Center<br />
Courtesy of Nancy Austin<br />
Riding at Circle B Ranch<br />
Courtesy of Nancy Austin<br />
Kayaker on the<br />
Schroon River<br />
Courtesy of Nancy Austin<br />
North Warren offers an eclectic<br />
selection of shopping. You will<br />
find unique and locally handcrafted<br />
items for you and your<br />
home. Find clothing, quilts,<br />
maple syrup, fishing and hunting<br />
gear, boats, garden supplies and<br />
much, much more. Shop Outside<br />
the Box and bring home Southern<br />
Adirondack treasure!<br />
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are<br />
all available from an amazing<br />
selection of local eateries. From<br />
scrambled eggs to eggs Benedict,<br />
from pizza to burgers, seared<br />
salmon to filet mignon—it’s all<br />
here and it’s all fabulous.<br />
The two hamlets of Chestertown<br />
and Pottersville have a deep<br />
history in the settlement of<br />
the Adirondacks, and an active<br />
historical society keeps the<br />
Town’s distinctive history alive.<br />
Chestertown was founded in 1799<br />
and originally known as Chester<br />
Four Corners. Pottersville is the<br />
home to the largest marble cave<br />
entrance in the eastern U.S.<br />
Privately owned cottages, lakeside<br />
motels and cabins, and RV parks<br />
welcome tourists and summer<br />
residents. Visitors and year-round<br />
residents alike enjoy small town<br />
living is this beautiful Adirondack<br />
setting.<br />
Whether you are climbing<br />
mountains, relaxing by clear<br />
brooks, or visiting our quaint<br />
towns, be prepared to Settle In as<br />
you fall in love with this beautiful<br />
area. Scan the QR code below to<br />
link to www.northwarren.com<br />
for more information.<br />
View from Kipp Mountain overlooking Loon Lake<br />
Courtesy of Nancy Austin<br />
townofchesterny.org<br />
North Warren Chamber of Commerce<br />
PO Box 490<br />
3 Dynamite Hill<br />
Chestertown, NY 12817<br />
Telephone: (5<strong>18</strong>) 494-2722<br />
Chester Municipal Center<br />
6307 State Route 9<br />
PO Box 423<br />
Chestertown, New York 12817<br />
Telephone: (5<strong>18</strong>) 494-2711<br />
Town Supervisor: Craig Leggett<br />
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Would you like to take a walk in the woods? Over streams,<br />
through a rocky path, up to a summit overlook, or to a pond<br />
destination? The Chester Challenge offers walking and hiking<br />
trails for all ability levels,<br />
easy access and parking, and<br />
a nature-based experience.<br />
Most of the trails are available<br />
year-round, so bring<br />
your snow shoes or cross<br />
country skis in the winter<br />
months!<br />
Comprised of eight hiking<br />
and walking trails—you can<br />
choose a trail based on difficulty,<br />
time, and distance—the<br />
Chester Challenge begins just<br />
off Northway exit 25, only<br />
20 minutes north of Lake<br />
George. Visit all eight trails<br />
and you will receive your<br />
choice of a patch or lapel pin.<br />
Thousands of people enjoy the trails, and you will too!<br />
Chester Creek Trails<br />
1.2 to 1.9 miles / 45 min to 1 hr – parking at the Chester<br />
Municipal Center<br />
Take a leisurely stroll along these mostly level trails. Enjoy<br />
the varied views of the meandering Chester Creek and its surrounding<br />
wetlands, fields and woods that contain an abundant<br />
variety of flora and fauna. Hike this trail in the early morning<br />
and you are likely to be rewarded with all sorts of wildlife<br />
sightings!<br />
Dynamite Hill and Caroline M. Fish Memorial Trails<br />
2.6 mi / 1 hr – park at either Dynamite Hill Route 8, Chestertown<br />
or Caroline Fish parking lot on Landon Hill Road<br />
Dynamite Hill is a 4 season recreation area offering lighted<br />
tubing/sledding, downhill skiing, ice skating, x-country skiing<br />
during the winter; and hiking, single-track bicycling and picnicking<br />
during the rest of the year. It connects to the Caroline<br />
Fish Memorial Trail which is a slightly graded trail that offers<br />
a wonderful escape into the wilderness.<br />
Kipp Mountain<br />
1.92 mi / 2 hrs – parking on Ben Culver Road, 1 mi west of<br />
Landon Hill Road<br />
This moderate hike has some steep sections and winds<br />
through an official tree farm. It leads to a cliff line with beautiful<br />
views of Loon Lake and is a great spot to experience fall<br />
foliage.<br />
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and fields. The varied ecosystems contain diverse plants and<br />
animals to observe and enjoy.<br />
Meade Mountain and Beckman Mountain<br />
2.1 mi / 2 ½ hrs – parking on Igerna Road, ¾ mi west on<br />
Rt 9<br />
This moderate hike has several long, steep sections leading<br />
to one of the best views of Gore Mountain. Continue on and<br />
make a short descent followed by an ascent as you travel from<br />
Meade to Beckman Mountain. This leads to several views of<br />
Look Lake, other mountains to the east and north, and a view<br />
of Blythewood Island, home of a former six story resort hotel.<br />
These are just a few of the Chester Challenge trails awaiting<br />
you. For more information, visit www.townofchesterny.<br />
org and click on the Chester Challenge link or call (5<strong>18</strong>) 494-<br />
2722.<br />
The Chester Challenge is part of the Chester Townwide<br />
Recreation Plan, an economic development initiative that taps<br />
outdoor recreation and heritage tourism strategies by increasing<br />
the public’s awareness of the remarkable variety and quality<br />
of the recreation trails and facilities in the town and region.<br />
.9 mi/ 45 min – parking at North Warren Central School,<br />
Route 8 Chestertown<br />
Kipp Mountain<br />
Take a short, steep trail or a long gradual trail to reach the<br />
top of Cougar Hill—the decision is yours. Once at the top,<br />
you will find great views and an excellent spot for picnicking.<br />
There are additional Nature Trails—a short inner loop or a<br />
more challenging out loop—that will take you through woods<br />
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The Tri-Lakes Business Alliance is a not-for-profit<br />
organization of business owners and residents<br />
in the Towns of Chester and Horicon working<br />
together to bring fun exciting events and other<br />
improvements to our communities.<br />
Local craft<br />
brews, wines &<br />
other favorites<br />
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Relaxed<br />
dining with<br />
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specials:<br />
4–5:30 pm<br />
Tri-Lakes Business Alliance<br />
Never a dull moment…<br />
The Tri-Lakes Business Alliance is responsible for a LOT of<br />
merriment happening in North Warren! Just 20 minutes north of<br />
Lake George, off Northway exit 25, the TLBA hosts a different<br />
event almost every month of the year. Its success has been its<br />
ability to quickly rally around and execute good ideas from its<br />
business and individual members. In fact, most TLBA events are<br />
celebrating anniversaries of five years or more!<br />
Starting with the Brant Lake Fishing Tournament in January<br />
to the Taste of the Tri-Lakes in late November, there is always an<br />
event to offer family fun. Don’t just visit the website – visit us<br />
LIVE!<br />
June 14-September 20, Wednesdays 10AM -2PM<br />
Chestertown Farmers’ Market<br />
What better way to<br />
enjoy a summer day in<br />
the Adirondacks than to<br />
visit a local Farmers’<br />
Market?! You can find<br />
a Farmers’ Market virtually<br />
every day of the<br />
week throughout the<br />
Southern Adirondack<br />
Region and one of the<br />
best… is the Chestertown<br />
Farmers’ Market held on Wednesdays from 10AM to 2PM<br />
at the Chester Municipal Center on Main Street (Route 9), Chestertown.<br />
Fresh produce from local farms, honey, maple syrup, fresh fish<br />
and meats, and baked goods all from local farms and businesses<br />
will tempt your taste buds. Jewelry, hand crafts, soaps, pottery,<br />
wood crafts and so many other absolutely necessary, must have,<br />
authentic Adirondack souvenirs are available. LIVE MUSIC every<br />
week and cook to order crepes are calling you – take the morning<br />
off from work if you have to (in fact, bring your boss!).<br />
July 7, Aug 4 & Sept 1, 5PM at The Hub<br />
July 21, Aug <strong>18</strong> & Sept 15, 5PM at The Panther Mountain Inn<br />
Classic Car Show and Cruise<br />
It’s not summer without a Classic Car Show happening somewhere,<br />
and North Warren has SIX of them! Bring your Model-T,<br />
Barracuda, Mustang GT Convertible or converted VW bug (Yes,<br />
we’ve had all of these at our Car Shows!) and cast your vote for<br />
the evening’s ‘best of show.’ The Hub is located on the Mill Pond,<br />
Route 8, Brant Lake and features great food, live music and a<br />
fun atmosphere. Panther Mountain Inn, located on Main Street<br />
in Chestertown, is centrally located so you can walk around town<br />
and still enjoy the cars. At dusk, cars take off for a quick cruise<br />
around town for one final ‘show-off.’<br />
July 1, 15, 20, & 29, Aug 11, 19 & 25 most show times at 7PM<br />
Live Performances at the Carol Theater<br />
The Carol Theater in Chestertown has been revitalized and is<br />
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Local Farm Night<br />
Mexican & Margaritas<br />
4-6pm<br />
Home Made<br />
Open Daily at 4pm / Year Round<br />
On and Off Premise Catering Available<br />
celebrating its 5th year as a summer venue for live performances.<br />
This year’s shows include Across the Pond, a Beatles Tribute<br />
Band; The Sonic Resolutions, an a capella group; Not Too Far<br />
from Home Comedy Tour, to benefit the Chestertown Volunteer<br />
Fire Co.; Feast of Friends, a Doors Tribute; and other great performers.<br />
Call the theater direct for tickets and more info (5<strong>18</strong>)<br />
494-53<strong>18</strong>. It’s wonderful to have this classic, art deco venue operating<br />
for all to enjoy!<br />
Sept 15-16, various locations<br />
and times<br />
Rum Runner Weekend<br />
Rum Runner Weekend in<br />
North Warren is an Adirondack<br />
Park Agency awardwinning<br />
event hosted by the<br />
TLBA. It is a celebration of<br />
the Roaring Twenties era and was inspired by Chestertown’s infamous<br />
role as a stopover for bootleggers traveling between Montreal<br />
and NYC during prohibition. The weekend boasts a variety<br />
of events including live jazz performances, a Charleston dance<br />
contest, a vaudeville show, silent movies, a speakeasy ‘raid,’<br />
‘gangster’ sightings, a vintage car and truck show and cruise, and<br />
a Babe Ruth batting contest. Local restaurants offer $19.25 dinner<br />
specials and period-costumed servers. Dust off your flapper dress<br />
and get out your spats – it’s time to party like its 1925! For more<br />
info visit facebook.com/TriLakesBusinessAlliance or call (5<strong>18</strong>)<br />
494-3016.<br />
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Nov 28, 5PM – 9PM, Center of Chestertown<br />
Taste of the Tri-Lakes and Rotary Tree Lighting<br />
Another signature TLBA event is the Taste of the Tri-Lakes—<br />
an evening of fun to ring in the holiday season. Local restaurants<br />
offer tastings of their signature dishes—soups, chilis, sandwiches,<br />
stews, and of course desserts. This is an event that really does<br />
bring the community together. You can duck inside if you get<br />
chilly, or enjoy standing by the one of the fires and watch the kids<br />
make s’mores. Before the evening is over, the local Rotary lights<br />
the Memory Tree to the sound of a live choir singing carols.<br />
Feb 25, 11AM – 6PM, Brant Lake<br />
Brant Lake Winter Carnival<br />
Who doesn’t like a winter<br />
carnival? Outhouse<br />
races, snowshoe softball,<br />
live foosball, skating, ice<br />
bowling, broom ball, sledding,<br />
vintage snowmobiles,<br />
and of course a fry<br />
pan toss! The day takes<br />
place at Jimbo’s Club at the Point on Brant Lake and everyone<br />
has fun! (If Lake George isn’t frozen, Brant Lake probably is.)<br />
The restaurant is open so you can get out of the cold, but all the<br />
real fun is happening outdoors and on the lake. Don’t forget to<br />
dress warm!<br />
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Mar 17, 1PM step off—Main Street, Chestertown<br />
St. Patrick’s Day Parade<br />
Put on your green and enjoy a classic, small town parade to<br />
get in the mood for spring. Bagpipes, fire trucks, floats and civic<br />
groups march down Main Street in Chestertown to a large crowd<br />
of all ages. Finish with food and drink specials at local restaurants.<br />
Jun 2 & 3, 11AM to Dusk and 11AM to 3PM, Chestertown<br />
Municipal Center<br />
Adirondack WoofStock<br />
Fast becoming one of the TL-<br />
BA’s most popular events, Adirondack<br />
Woofstock celebrates<br />
everything we love about our fourlegged<br />
friends. Featured fun includes<br />
Hudson Valley Dock Dogs,<br />
Beantown Disc Dogs, pet adoption<br />
by a local pet rescue, Doggie Fun Zone obstacle course, and much<br />
more. The two day event also features live music throughout both<br />
days performed by a variety of local artists, food and craft vendors.<br />
Yes, this is a dog friendly event. Woof! Saturday evening<br />
live music and fireworks at The Hub on Brant Lake.<br />
This is just a sampling of the variety of events the Tri-Lakes<br />
Business Alliance has brought to North Warren. There’s never<br />
a dull moment! For more information visit facebook.com/<br />
TriLakesBusinessAlliance or call (5<strong>18</strong>) 494-3016.<br />
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~ Open 7 Days<br />
a week<br />
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Horicon – Hidden Treasure of Warren County<br />
You can always find a peaceful<br />
place in Horicon – to fish,<br />
paddle, hike, bike or just do<br />
nothing. Tucked between Schroon<br />
Lake and Lake George, Horicon<br />
has wild land in every direction<br />
and more lakes and ponds than any<br />
other town in the county.<br />
Horicon is comprised of two<br />
hamlets, Brant Lake and<br />
Adirondack, situated off the beaten<br />
path. Horicon, once a sleepy<br />
country town, is being discovered as<br />
one of nature’s little gems.<br />
Brant Lake, Schroon Lake, Schroon<br />
River and a myriad of quiet ponds<br />
and creeks are accessible by public<br />
boat launches and winding country<br />
roads. Old-fashioned country stores<br />
are located in both hamlets as well as<br />
public beaches. The picturesque Mill<br />
Pond in Brant Lake is the perfect<br />
spot for a stroll or picnic.<br />
Fishing from a boat, bridge,<br />
shoreline or the middle of the stream<br />
should satisfy any angler. Hike trails<br />
into quiet ponds of the southern<br />
reaches of the Pharoah Lake<br />
Wilderness to camp, canoe, kayak<br />
or just commune with the wonder<br />
of nature. Winter brings ice fishing,<br />
cross country skiing, snowshoeing<br />
or snowmobiling on well-groomed<br />
trails.<br />
The pace may be a little slower<br />
sometimes but that’s the way we like<br />
it and doesn’t that sound like just<br />
what you are looking for?<br />
Quiet and serene<br />
The hamlet of Brant Lake surrounds a picturesque<br />
mill pond<br />
Year-round<br />
fun includes<br />
ice fishing on<br />
beautiful lakes<br />
and ponds<br />
The Town of Horicon is<br />
located in the northeastern<br />
boundary of Warren County,<br />
settled in early <strong>18</strong>00s and<br />
incorporated March 29, <strong>18</strong>38<br />
from portions of Bolton and<br />
Hague with total of 71.8<br />
square miles. During the<br />
Civil War, the town held<br />
the proud distinction of<br />
providing more volunteer<br />
soldiers in proportion to the<br />
population than any other<br />
town in NYS with only one<br />
man being drafted. The<br />
Horicon Museum affords the<br />
visitor a look into the past:<br />
the early settlers, their homes,<br />
churches, industries, boarding<br />
houses and special occasions.<br />
The displays in this restored,<br />
19th-century farmhouse give<br />
a glimpse into the lives of<br />
those who lived in an earlier<br />
time. There are many items<br />
reflecting the local history and<br />
the Civil War.<br />
“Horicon is off the beaten<br />
path of historical events, but<br />
its development through the<br />
spirit and help of her people is<br />
a fine example of community<br />
life.”<br />
- Helen Persons, past Horicon<br />
historian<br />
www.HoriconNY.gov<br />
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Old-Fashioned General Store<br />
“Come experience<br />
the Adirondacks of yesteryear”<br />
Garden Center • General Store • Gourmet<br />
Ice Cream • Deli • Hardware • Kids<br />
ADK Gifts and so much more!<br />
www.thelazymoosegardenmarket.com<br />
6499 State Rte 8<br />
Brant Lake, NY 12815<br />
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Places to Visit In Horicon<br />
Located in Warren County, New York, the Town of Horicon<br />
include the hamlets of Adirondack, Brant Lake and South Horicon.<br />
Horicon’s primary and secondary educational needs are provided<br />
by the North Warren Central School located in the Town of 6696 State<br />
Museum and Historical Society<br />
Chester.<br />
Route 8 Brant<br />
Our home, Horicon, is a quiet but spectacular place. On spring Lake, NY 12815<br />
mornings, the fog lifts off the lake to reveal rugged hills reflected<br />
on the serene waters of our many lakes. Summer brings fun Saturday 1-4pm<br />
HOURS: June:<br />
and excitement as we welcome visitors and recreate on lakes and July & August:<br />
mountains. Fall is a firestorm of color, and opportunity for quiet Tuesday, Thursday<br />
enjoyment. Winter again brings a wonderland we share with visitors<br />
to our community, whether they want to fish, snowshoe or<br />
& Saturday 1-4 pm.<br />
snowmobile. Horicon is a small town where people work hard, Admission is<br />
look out for each other, and enjoy all the Town of Horicon has FREE. For special<br />
to offer. More information may be found at the North Warren tours contact the Museum at (5<strong>18</strong>) 494-7286. email: (horiconmuseum@yahoo.com).<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
In the late 1700’s Moses Stickney purchased most of the land The Horicon Museum affords the visitor a look into the past:<br />
that is now known as Horicon for $0.25 an acre as well as the the early settlers, their homes, churches, industries, boarding<br />
water rights throughout the region. The land was labeled “a dense houses and special occasions. The displays in the nine room restored<br />
19th century farmhouse show a glimpse into the lives of<br />
wilderness”—exactly what Stickney, who hoped to make his fortune<br />
in lumbering, was looking for.<br />
those living in an earlier time. There are many photographs of the<br />
spectacular and beautiful scenery in this Adirondack region, as<br />
Stickney built the first dams on the creek coming from Brant well as artifacts from early homes and businesses.<br />
Lake, creating first mill pond. He built the first saw and grist mills<br />
as well as having interests in early hotels and mercantile, all support<br />
businesses for the loggers in the area working Stickney’s Construction began in 1906 and was completed the following<br />
The Heintzelman Library Brant Lake<br />
land. In <strong>18</strong>13, Stickney and his son Frank were said to be the first year for this distinctively rustic building. The Library served the<br />
loggers in the area to float logs down the Schroon River to the town of Horicon until 2001, when a new facility was opened in<br />
Hudson and on to the Glens Falls mills.<br />
the new Town Hall. Located on Mill Pond, the building is now on<br />
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adirondack<br />
This 160+ year old Adirondack<br />
General Store can be found at the<br />
end of East Shore Drive. A trip<br />
worth taking, this old fashioned<br />
general store is chocked full of<br />
blankets, Adirondack furniture,<br />
crafts, custom designed clothing,<br />
fishing tackle and gift items. You’ll<br />
find a deli and comfortable seating<br />
to enjoy home cooked meals<br />
for breakfast and lunch. At right is<br />
their beautiful new deck.<br />
Maureen and Robert, owners of the Adirondack General<br />
Store, are maintaining the store’s familiar attractions—breakfast,<br />
lunch, groceries, and gifts. Residents of the Adirondack community<br />
gather at this warm-hearted<br />
hub while seasonal visitors consider<br />
it a must-see. As part of their personal<br />
touch to the classic general store,<br />
Maureen and Robert are expanding<br />
the menu, extending their hours, and<br />
providing daily specials. The store<br />
supports local artisans’ work and continues<br />
to supply postcards, souvenirs,<br />
seasonal toys, and more. Follow the<br />
Facebook page and Twitter account for<br />
specials and upcoming events.<br />
OUTDOOR DECK | BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY<br />
Breakfast & lunch<br />
served daily<br />
Homebaked goods<br />
Take-out & catering<br />
Authentic Since <strong>18</strong>55<br />
NEW MENU ITEMS AND DAILY SPECIALS<br />
Full deli with Boar’s<br />
Head Meats<br />
Gifts, groceries,<br />
seasonal toys<br />
ATM, propane, ice<br />
Owners: Maureen & Robert Diaz<br />
899 East Shore Drive • Adirondack, NY 12808<br />
www.ADKgeneralstore.com • 5<strong>18</strong>-494-4408<br />
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the NYS Registry of<br />
Historical Buildings<br />
and awaits final approval<br />
from the National<br />
Registry. Today,<br />
the Heintzelman Library<br />
functions as<br />
a research center<br />
staffed by the Town<br />
Historian.<br />
The Lazy<br />
Moose Brant Lake<br />
Voted the Post Star’s Best of the Region for the past 3 years<br />
running - (Best Specialty\Shop & Best Gift Store) The Lazy<br />
Moose is bringing back an old fashioned country store in our area<br />
with a deli, greenhouses, Adirondack gifts, hardware and much<br />
more!<br />
The Hub Brant Lake<br />
The Hub is a destination for cyclers all over the region. Part<br />
bike shop, part cafe, part wine & beer bar and lots of bike riding.<br />
New this summer - The Brant Lake Bike Park, a professionally<br />
designed mountain bike trail system on over 200 diverse acres.<br />
The Adirondack General Store Adirondack<br />
An authentic country general store since <strong>18</strong>55 located<br />
on the East Shore of Schroon Lake in the Hamlet of Adirondack.<br />
Breakfast & Lunch daily, complete deli, groceries,<br />
fishing tackle, Adirondack Country Crafts, gifts and<br />
wood furniture.<br />
Fill-Er-Up Brant Lake<br />
Keeping the golden days of the American service station<br />
alive, Fill-er-up is your one stop for all things “automobilia”.<br />
The large inventory includes gas pumps, air<br />
meters, signs, clocks, photos, auto art, oil cans, decals, restoration<br />
parts and more!<br />
Palmer Brothers Marina Brant Lake<br />
A full service marina located on Brant Lake. Your place for<br />
gas, motor boat and row boat rentals. Custom boat covers made<br />
on site. Indoor and outdoor boat storage also available. Open year<br />
around for both boats and snowmobiles.<br />
E-Z Marine & Storage Brant Lake<br />
Another Post Star Best of the Region for <strong>2017</strong> (Best Boat Retailer<br />
& Best Marina). Bernie the Pontoon Man has new boats,<br />
pre-owned boats, runabouts, fishing cruisers, jet skis and of course<br />
- pontoons. Repairs, storage and dock systems are also available.<br />
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JOHNSBURG – RIVERS, RAILS, TEDDY,<br />
TREASURES & TRAILS<br />
Johnsburg lies at the heart of the<br />
Adirondacks, where the rails came<br />
to an end over a century ago. Teddy<br />
Roosevelt rode through the wilderness<br />
to catch a train when he learned that<br />
the death of McKinley had made him<br />
President. Inside Gore Mountain lies a<br />
treasure trove of garnet, which visitors<br />
can dig for themselves on a Garnet<br />
Mine Tour. Trails run everywhere:<br />
down the face of Gore Mountain<br />
and throughout the Siamese Ponds<br />
Wilderness Area.<br />
Every one of the six hamlets in town<br />
has its own appeal. Johnsburg came<br />
first in 1790. North River grew up<br />
around the garnet mining industry.<br />
Bakers Mills hosted famous summer<br />
visitors like Rudolf Valentino.<br />
Wevertown’s historic homes cluster<br />
about the cemetery where the town’s<br />
founder, John Thurman, is buried.<br />
North Creek has restored the historic<br />
Depot as a museum, with interpretive<br />
exhibits to tell the local stories.<br />
No matter what the season, there’s<br />
always a reason to visit the Town of<br />
Johnsburg. Winter is a wonderland<br />
of downhill and cross-country skiing,<br />
snowboarding, tubing, snowshoeing<br />
and back country skiing. Gore<br />
Mountain makes snow with Hudson<br />
River water all winter long. Spring<br />
run-off fills the river with whitewater,<br />
and the rafting season continues<br />
throughout the summer and fall, with<br />
trips for all ages and abilities. Recently,<br />
Iowa Pacific Holdings became the new<br />
scenic train operator with excursions<br />
from North Creek to Saratoga<br />
connecting to Amtrak and beyond.<br />
Themed events, ski packages, gondola<br />
rides and free shuttle system wait your<br />
arrival.<br />
johnsburgny.com<br />
Whitewater rafting on the mighty Hudson River, Spring, Summer & Fall.<br />
Courtesy of Jim Swedberg<br />
V.P. Theordore<br />
Roosevelt learned<br />
of his Presidency,<br />
in the early hours<br />
of September 14,<br />
1901, on the<br />
platforms of<br />
the North Creek<br />
Train Station.<br />
Courtesy of North Creek<br />
Depot Museum<br />
Scenic Train Rides along the<br />
majestic Hudson River.<br />
Courtesy of Upper Hudson River Railroad<br />
Gore Mountain’s<br />
Hudson River snowmaking<br />
system offers skiing in fall,<br />
winter, and spring.<br />
Courtesy of Shawn Holes<br />
The Town of Johnsburg was formed<br />
April 16, <strong>18</strong>05 from the town of<br />
Thurman. In 1788 John Thurman,<br />
a wealthy New York City merchant,<br />
bought from the state government<br />
25,200 acres of Township #12 of<br />
the Totten and Crossfield Purchase.<br />
The first clearing took place about<br />
1790 on Elm Hill, located one<br />
mile south of today’s hamlet of<br />
Johnsburg. This name was taken<br />
from Thurman’s given name and was<br />
spelled Johnsburgh until <strong>18</strong>93. With<br />
the arrival of the railroad, which<br />
parallels the Hudson River from<br />
Tawahus to Saratoga transportation<br />
was revolutionized and North Creek<br />
developed into the main business<br />
center for the township. Garnet<br />
mining continues today by the Barton<br />
Mines Corp., who supplied the corner<br />
stone to the 911 Freedom Tower. On<br />
June 10, 2011, Iowa Pacific became<br />
the new scenic train operator with<br />
hopes of adding the capability of<br />
freight. Owners look forward to<br />
revitalizing the tracks to Tahawus.<br />
The Hudson River Watershed<br />
All Warren County townships have a<br />
portion of their land that drains into<br />
the Upper Hudson River.<br />
The geographically largest town<br />
in Warren County is entirely in<br />
the Hudson River Watershed. An<br />
abundance of streams flow to the<br />
Hudson River, Mill Creek and<br />
North Creek as examples, while<br />
from the Siamese Ponds Wilderness,<br />
the beginnings of the East Branch<br />
of the Sacandaga River form. If you<br />
don’t know, the Great Sacandaga’s<br />
waters enter the Hudson River at the<br />
boundary of Hadley and Lake Luzerne.<br />
– Warren County Soil & Water<br />
Town of Johnsburg<br />
Office hours: Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4 pm<br />
219 Main Street<br />
North Creek NY 12853<br />
(5<strong>18</strong>) 251-2421<br />
Town Supervisor: Ron Vanselow<br />
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johnsburg<br />
The Historic Town of Jonsburg is a four-season Adirondack destination<br />
located along the Hudson River and surrounding NY’s premier ski<br />
destination—Gore Mountain. You can trace the Town of Johnsburg’s<br />
history back to hearty settlers who made a living logging, mining and<br />
running tanneries. Today, the Town of Johnsburg is a lively oasis and<br />
perfect jumping off spot to explore the Adirondacks.<br />
Year round, visitors will enjoy exploring the seven Hamlets that make<br />
up the town—Wevertown, Riparius, Sodom, Garnet Lake, Bakers Mills,<br />
North River and North Creek. North Creek is the most visible Town of<br />
Johnsburg hamlet due to its Main Street with quaint shops, restaurants<br />
and a historic train station with service to Saratoga. The Tannery Pond<br />
Community Center in North Creek offers theater, concerts and gallery<br />
displays.<br />
In winter, thousands of skiers trek to Gore Mountain which offers the<br />
largest vertical drop in the eastern US. The spring thaw releases Maple<br />
sap and the chance to see area Sugar Houses producing real Maple syrup.<br />
The spring also brings migrating birds back to the forests and birdwatchers<br />
flock to the area. Adventure seekers also flock to the area for the<br />
white water rafting and kayaking on the Hudson River.<br />
Summer brings warm days and cool nights to the region and campers,<br />
hikers, boaters and other vacationers who find the Town of Johnsburg is<br />
the perfect Adirondack location. Changing leaf colors transforms the<br />
Town of Johnsburg into a fall foliage destination. Visitors can take the<br />
Gore Mountain gondola and view the fall splendor throughout the Adirondacks.<br />
For more information about the Town of Johnsburg, visit www.gorechamber.com<br />
or call 5<strong>18</strong>-251-2612.<br />
For Arts, Education & Community Gatherings<br />
An awesome space for all!<br />
July 11, 10 am Seagle Colony Children’s Opera<br />
July 21, 7 pm Lake Placid Sinfonietta<br />
August 26, 7 pm TPC’s Benefit Gala: Tanner-<br />
Pond Wedding-Murder Mystery Party!<br />
September 2, 7:30 pm Ovidiu Marinescu Duo<br />
September 23, 7:30 pm Simple Gifts<br />
October 1, 3 pm Tom Chapin Concert<br />
November 11, 7:30 pm Professor Louie & the<br />
Crowmatix<br />
December 2 (7 pm) & December 3 (2 pm)<br />
Holiday Celebration<br />
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It Takes a Village …<br />
Tannery Pond Community Center<br />
Enhanced collaboration between the Town of Johnsburg (TOJ)<br />
and the non-profit Tannery Pond Center (TPC) organization has<br />
brought this region the wonderful opportunity of having more<br />
varied and more frequent entertainment, educational programs,<br />
and other events scheduled at the Tannery Pond Community Center<br />
(TPCC) for the benefit of the residents of, and visitors to, this<br />
region. Over 500 events, meetings and activities were held in the<br />
building in 2016, with only a handful of days in which no one<br />
occupied any space. Who are they? Many local and regional<br />
individuals, groups, and organizations book one or more of the<br />
different venues within the facility. These versatile spaces at the<br />
TPCC include: the Lyle Dye Auditorium, with its highly praised<br />
acoustics and projection equipment, and which, with the seats<br />
withdrawn, doubles as a dance floor; the Widlund Gallery, hosting<br />
monthly fine art exhibits; a kitchen, three meeting rooms, and two<br />
large lobbies for banquets, private parties and other celebrations.<br />
Hundreds of local citizens of all ages have held their weddings,<br />
birthday parties, and other receptions here, and many others have<br />
taken music and art lessons, enjoy yoga classes and other exercise<br />
groups, in addition to attending events, programs, meetings and<br />
workshops. Our Town Theatre Group is our resident theater company,<br />
holding two full productions annually and several others<br />
throughout the year in addition to running classes in theater arts.<br />
<strong>2017</strong> will meet or exceed the number of activities and events held<br />
here at the Center.<br />
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Whitewater Rafting | Hiking | Paddling | Mountain Biking | Downhill Skiing | Tubing<br />
XC Skiing | Nature Watching | Scenic Train Rides | Garnet Mine Tours | Festivals | Concerts<br />
Art | Unique Shopping | Great Restaurants | Diverse Lodging<br />
Balm of Gilead<br />
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Balm of Gilead Mountain features an open rock ledge that offers<br />
spectacular views of the southern end of Thirteenth Lake and<br />
the surrounding mountains. This 2,443 foot mountain is located<br />
in the Siamese Ponds Wilderness—about 20 minutes from North<br />
Creek in the hamlet of North River. This 2.8 mile round trip hike<br />
is one of the more popular in the area due to its brevity and great<br />
views. Balm of Gilead is also a perfect snowshoe hike in the<br />
winter months.<br />
You can find the Balm of Gilead trailhead by taking NY 28<br />
heading north out of North Creek. Take the second left which<br />
is Thirteenth Lake Road and after 3.3 miles veer left at the junction<br />
of Beach Road, staying on Thirteenth Lake Road. In another<br />
0.8 miles veer right onto Old Farm Road. The road will become<br />
a seasonal dirt road and follow it till your reach the end of Old<br />
Farm Road. There is a large parking area at the end of the drivable<br />
road. The GPS coordinates of the parking area is N43 42.275 W74<br />
07.055. In the<br />
From the parking area, follow the blue markers on Old Farm<br />
Road. This road was closed to vehicles in 2013 and you’ll see<br />
how the wilderness is taking over the old road. It is now a wide<br />
hiking trail. At 0.15 miles you reach a trail junction with a trail<br />
register. To the left is the blue marked Halfway Brook Trail that<br />
leads to the Balm of Gilead Mountain Trail and the Botheration<br />
Pond Trail. Straight ahead is the Old Farm Road Trail that travels<br />
toward Elizabeth Point and Old Farm Clearing and eventually all<br />
the way to Rt. 8.<br />
Turn left at the junction onto the blue marked Halfway Brook<br />
Trail. The trail gently climbs as you make your way in the wilderness.<br />
At 0.9 miles you reach the junction of the Balm of Gilead<br />
Mountain Trail. Turn right and follow the Balm of Gilead Mountain<br />
Trail. The trail has some slippery spots as parts of the trail<br />
follows a small, rocky stream bed. The trail climbs steady as you<br />
will gain about 400 feet in elevation in about a half a mile. There<br />
are a few open ledges that offer views and places to take a break.<br />
Bring your lunch and enjoy!<br />
The trail can also be accessed from the Garnet Hill Lodge<br />
XC ski and<br />
bike shop using<br />
their trail<br />
maps. As always,<br />
when in<br />
the 13th Lake<br />
Area, make<br />
sure to stop<br />
by Garnet Hill<br />
Lodge for a<br />
bite to eat or<br />
a drink to celebrate<br />
your<br />
hiking accomplishments.<br />
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5<strong>18</strong>-251-2612/251-2421<br />
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The Widlund Gallery, which is managed by TPC, has showcased<br />
an outstanding new exhibit each month for the last 15 years.<br />
These exhibits have displayed the work of numerous local and<br />
regional artists with expertise in one or more of the following<br />
media: drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, metal working,<br />
woodcarving, weaving and other fiber arts. There will be twelve<br />
such exhibits again this year.<br />
Nine events have been scheduled by TPC for the remainder<br />
of <strong>2017</strong> and a few more are in the works. These include: Lake<br />
George Music Festival: Piano Mania!; and Pirates of Penzance<br />
brought to you by our friends from Adirondack Lakes Center for<br />
the Arts, the Seagle Colony presents a wonderful Children’s Opera,<br />
and back by popular demand is the Lake Placid Sinfonietta,<br />
the “orchestra of the Adirondacks.” On Labor Day weekend we<br />
welcome Ovidiu Marinescu Duo, renown cellist and pianist playing<br />
classical and chamber music; followed by Simple Gifts, two<br />
women with ten instruments who play a wide variety of ethnic<br />
music; and the legendary Tom Chapin will present a contemporary<br />
folk music program especially appropriate for fans of all<br />
ages. Professor Louie and the Crowmatix, playing a lively mix<br />
of rock ’n’ roll blues, gospel and American roots vibe performs<br />
a Veteran’s Day concert, and our very own Holiday Celebration<br />
featuring the North Country Singers.<br />
Encourage your friends and neighbors to come and enjoy this<br />
remarkable geothermal state-of-the-art Adirondack structure by<br />
attending an activity or event (or host one!) offered by the town<br />
and its performance/arts-loving community. It takes all of us to<br />
make the magic happen!<br />
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using real butter, pure extracts, natural cocoa, fresh eggs & cream.<br />
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Crane Mountain<br />
Crane Mountain is one of those hikes that’s on everybody’s list of<br />
the best hikes in the Adirondacks. I’ve got at least a half dozen guidebooks<br />
that include Crane, but my favorite description of Crane’s trails<br />
is in my 25+ year old Discover the Southeastern Adirondacks guidebook<br />
by Barbara McMartin, aka “the Rand McNally of the Adirondacks.”<br />
McMartin enthusiastically dubs Crane the “Super Mountain”<br />
of the southern Adirondacks for its variety of trails and bushwhacks,<br />
its alpine pond and its expansive summit views.<br />
I’ve hiked Crane a number of times over the years, but this is the<br />
first time I’ve done it with our kids. Crane fits in well with my criteria<br />
for a good family hike: its 4.5 mile round trip<br />
and 1500 vertical feet of climbing are well within<br />
our kids’ ability (they are ages 6 and 10), plus<br />
there’s the added interest of the pond half way<br />
up the mountain. And its location in the southern<br />
Adirondacks makes the drive to the trailhead<br />
relatively short.<br />
We were lucky to hike Crane on the kind of<br />
day when it would have been borderline criminal<br />
not to hike. The air was crisp and clear, the<br />
trees were clad in an almost fluorescent yellowgreen<br />
of late spring, and the woods still sheltered<br />
a variety of blooming wildflowers. A light breeze held most of<br />
the bugs at bay.<br />
We climbed the eastern trail to the pond from the trailhead on<br />
Ski Hi Road (there’s also a western trail to the pond). Since the trail<br />
forms a loop between the pond and the summit (here’s a map), it’s<br />
possible to visit either the pond first or the summit first: we chose the<br />
pond in order to break up the climbing.<br />
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No matter how you slice it, it’s a stiff climb to the pond, 900 feet<br />
of elevation gain in less than a mile. This could be an issue for some<br />
kids (some adults too), but our kids like scrambling over rocks, and<br />
since the climb came early in the hike they had lots of energy.<br />
There’s another 600 vertical feet of climbing between the pond<br />
and the summit. The trail ascends the western end of the summit<br />
ridge, and there are excellent views from several lookouts before you<br />
even get to the summit. The best views (even better than the summit<br />
views in my opinion) are from the western-most viewpoint, about a<br />
quarter mile shy of the actual summit. Here, Crane Mountain Pond<br />
sparkles in the sun hundreds of feet below with a backdrop of peaks<br />
that includes Gore, Snowy, Mount Blue, Hadley Mountain and the<br />
High Peaks.<br />
The summit views are almost as good,<br />
although Crane Mountain Pond isn’t visible.<br />
Crane Mountain once had a fire tower on its<br />
summit, now only the anchor bolts remain.<br />
Uncharacteristically, the kids seemed content<br />
to hang out on the summit for a while,<br />
eating lunch and taking in the view.<br />
Continuing on the loop trail, the route<br />
drops steeply down the eastern end of the<br />
summit ridge, using an impressively tall ladder<br />
in the steepest section. Since it’s a pretty direct shot down the<br />
mountain, it seemed like we were back at the trailhead in no time.<br />
Including our stops at the pond and the summit we took a little over<br />
4 hours on the round trip.<br />
With a warm-up hike under our belts now and school ending in<br />
just a few more weeks, hopefully some more family hikes lie just<br />
around the corner. I know I’ve got a few hikes on my hit list for the<br />
summer.<br />
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Watch for <strong>2017</strong> Fun–Raisers<br />
5 Railroad Place, North Creek, NY<br />
Museum is open Sat. & Sun., in June 12:15–4:00<br />
Open Fri. – Tues. July – October 9 12:15–4:00<br />
Call 251-5842 for information about private tours<br />
www.northcreekdepotmuseum.com<br />
If these platforms could talk!<br />
Admission is FREE! Donations gladly accepted..<br />
for more information about the museum call 5<strong>18</strong>-251-5842<br />
Everyone loves an outlet!<br />
And now you can browse in the newest outlet at 290 Main Street in North Creek!<br />
You will find lots of “on sale” treasures, from rustic furniture that needs some TLC, to hightech<br />
resort clothing, to over-runs and discontinued items. Great brands are what Hudson<br />
River Trading Co. is known for, and now you can shop from 20–40% off MSRP.<br />
Footwear by:<br />
Dansko • Sanita • Eastland<br />
Bear Paw • Jambu • Teva<br />
Resort Clothing by:<br />
Woolrich • Royal Robbins<br />
White Sierra • Life is Good<br />
Not Your Daughters Jeans<br />
Nomadic Traders • Isis<br />
Open daily at 9:30 am<br />
Housewares, books, accessories, & lots lots more<br />
Visit our original store while you’re here, featuring over 6,000 square feet of shopping pleasures.<br />
www.HudsonRiverTradingCo.com • 5<strong>18</strong>-251-4461<br />
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Railbiking Comes to North Creek<br />
This Summer!<br />
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See the Adirondacks in a brand new way this summer with<br />
Revolution Rail Co.’s railbike tours! Revolution Rail Co. and<br />
the Saratoga & North Creek Railroad have partnered to bring<br />
railbiking to the Adirondacks and North Creek this summer.<br />
“We are really excited to launch this exceptionally fun family<br />
activity and open up a stretch of track that hasn’t been accessible<br />
to the general public for decades,” said Robert Harte<br />
of Revolution Rail Co.<br />
Harte, along with co-founder Michael Dupee, created Revolution<br />
Rail Co. with the desire to bring the railbiking experience<br />
to the North Creek community and share it with everyone<br />
who loves the Adirondacks.<br />
“It’s such a fantastic way to get outside and see a part of<br />
the Adirondacks that you’d never get to see otherwise,” added<br />
Dupee.<br />
This innovative new excursion business will be operating<br />
out of the historic North Creek Railroad Station. Once railbikers<br />
check in at the historic North Creek Railroad Station,<br />
they’ll take a short shuttle bus ride 5 miles north of town to the<br />
tour launch point. After a short safety briefing, the tour guides<br />
will lead the railbikers further north on a 6 mile round trip<br />
adventure. The tour takes riders through the beautiful Adirondack<br />
forest along the banks of the Hudson River, and then over<br />
the Hudson on a spectacular trestle bridge before turning for<br />
home and returning to the launch point and the shuttle bus ride<br />
back to the North Creek Railroad Station.<br />
Railbikers may choose to reserve two-seater (tandem) or<br />
four-seater (quad) bikes, depending on the size of their party.<br />
Total trip time is estimated at 90 – 120 minutes. Multiple tours<br />
will be offered daily through July and August, with a more<br />
limited schedule in September and October.<br />
Reservations may be made online at www.revrail.com,<br />
where you’ll also find more information on specific tour times<br />
and availability.<br />
RAILBIKING IN THE<br />
ADIRONDACKS!<br />
ExpERIENCE THE ADIRONDACKS and the<br />
Hudson River in a brand new way!<br />
RAILBIKING on an historic railroad track,<br />
over the Hudson River and through the<br />
Adirondack woods!<br />
3 Railroad Place, NORTH CREEK<br />
30 minutes from Lake George<br />
5<strong>18</strong>-251-2345<br />
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Don’t stay near the mountain.<br />
Stay on the mountain.<br />
Ski Bowl Village<br />
at Gore Mountain<br />
Single Family Homes ∞ Winter and Summer Rentals<br />
For Sale and Rent ∞ 2–5 Bedroom Townhouses<br />
Adjacent to the Hudson Triple and Ski Bowl Park<br />
79 Ski Bowl Road, North Creek, NY<br />
Ski-in /<br />
Ski-out<br />
5<strong>18</strong>-Ski-Bowl (5<strong>18</strong>-754-2695)<br />
www.SkiBowlVillage.com<br />
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Lawn & Garden Supplies<br />
Electrical Supplies • Pre-built Stairs<br />
Hardware • Lumber • Plywood<br />
Insulation • Mason Supplies<br />
Household Supplies<br />
Custom Roof Trusses<br />
Kitchen & Bath Design<br />
Pre-finished Paneling<br />
Rental Equipment<br />
Treated Lumber • Roofing • Paint<br />
Sheetrock • Screen Repair<br />
Floor Coverings • Plumbing Fixtures<br />
Windows & Doors<br />
Propane Tank Refill<br />
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Anything but Ordinary!<br />
Hudson River Townhomes<br />
The Historic Dr. Lee House<br />
For those late-night snackers: Burgers, Soups, & Salads<br />
Full Bar • Local Breweries • Blackboard Specials<br />
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Two Bedrooms include:<br />
• Serta Plush Queen Mattresses<br />
• Arts & Crafts Furniture<br />
• Custom Made Bedding & Window Treatments<br />
• All linens and Quoizel Lighting<br />
Gourmet Kitchen includes:<br />
• High End Appliances<br />
• Custom Hand built Mission Cabinets<br />
• Custom Concrete Counter tops<br />
• Wood floors, Keurig & espresso coffee maker<br />
New ceramic bath complete with linens and Butlers<br />
Pantry with new Samsung stackable washer & dryer.<br />
The Reading Room is filled with Adirondack Books,<br />
Puzzles & Games plus TV and Dish Network.<br />
Chair and 1/2 opens to single pull-out sleeper.<br />
Leather Morris Chairs & Fireplace in Living Area.<br />
Interior Design & Furnishings by Adirondack Interiors &<br />
Abode Home Furnishings<br />
For More Information and to see our YouTube Video<br />
of the townhome go to<br />
www.HudsonRiverTradingCo.com<br />
or call at 5<strong>18</strong>.251.4461.<br />
Ask for Laurie Prescott Arnheiter.<br />
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THE BARKING SPIDER<br />
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Cruise Nights and Car Hops<br />
Cruise Nights and Car Hops are a perennial part of<br />
ADK summers<br />
giving<br />
car enthusiasts<br />
the<br />
chance to<br />
show off their<br />
beautiful machines.<br />
For<br />
<strong>2017</strong>, business<br />
alliance groups in Chestertown and North Creek<br />
have teamed up to create synergy around car events.<br />
Besides the great cars/trucks and proud owners, visitors<br />
to Cruise Nights and Car Hops will be treated to<br />
live music, raffles and even activities for kids.<br />
In North Creek, Cruise Nights will be held every<br />
other Thursday from 6-10 pm starting June 29th and<br />
run thru October 5th. Actual dates for the event are<br />
6/29, 7/13&27, 8/10&24, 9/7&21 and 10/5.<br />
In Brant Lake, Car Hops will be held on the first<br />
Friday of each month—7/7, 8/4 and 9/1—at The Hub.<br />
In Chestertown, the Car Hop is on the third Friday of<br />
the month at the Panther Mountain Inn—7/21, 8/<strong>18</strong><br />
and 9/15.<br />
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20km Trails<br />
Designed<br />
Just for Mt.<br />
Biking!<br />
Mt. Bike!<br />
Ski Bowl Park | North Creek<br />
Hike The Schaffer Trail up to Gore Mt. - waterfalls,<br />
and beautiful views. Maps/Info VisitNorthCreek.com<br />
Bike The new Ski Bowl Park Trails - Flow trials for<br />
all ability levels! Maps/Video UpperHudsonTrails.org<br />
Backcountry Ski Trails including Raymond<br />
Brook Trail and the “Ride Up - Ski Down” Shuttle<br />
Bus - North Creek Business Alliance<br />
VisitNorthCreek.com | UpperHudsonTrails.org<br />
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Ski Bowl Park Trail<br />
System <strong>2017</strong><br />
k1 Mile From<br />
Gore Mt!<br />
The Ski Bowl Park in North Creek is a four season destination.<br />
In the spring, summer and fall it is the starting point for 15 miles of<br />
hiking trails and 15 Kilometers of single track mtn. bike trails. In the<br />
winter the Park is operated by Gore Mtn. Ski Center which runs two<br />
lifts, the Hudson Chair and the Village Lift, to service great terrain<br />
and connect with the rest of Gore Mtn.’s alpine ski center. In addition<br />
to alpine skiing Gore Mtn. Ski Center makes snow and grooms trails<br />
for Nordic Skiing in the Bowl. The Park’s trail system also connects<br />
to 10 miles of “ride up, ski down” backcountry ski trails that have<br />
shuttle service provided by the North Creek Business Alliance on<br />
snowy weekends in the winter. Snowshoeing is available on the Ski<br />
Bowl Loop and Ski Bowl Connector trails.<br />
For the snowless six months of the year bikers and hikers have<br />
access to some incredible experiences. Don’t worry about getting lost<br />
the trail system has kiosks with large maps at the entrances and youare-here<br />
maps at key locations on the Ski Bowl Loop and color coded<br />
trail markers on each trail.<br />
Bikers - Have 15<br />
Kilometers of single<br />
track riding designed<br />
to give the intermediate<br />
and experts a variety<br />
of challenging experiences.<br />
1. Ski Bowl Loop<br />
Trail is the single<br />
track multi use<br />
trail that allows you access to the bike specific trails up on the<br />
mountain and to Main Street by way of the underpass on the<br />
Carol Thomas Trail to a cold beer and dinner in town.<br />
2. Trails Hoot and Alternative provide classic flowing single track<br />
with rock rides and lots of alternative lines.<br />
3. Heart Brake requires the technical expertise and physical fitness<br />
that old school experts enjoy.<br />
4. The Long Trail is the newest addition to the system and has<br />
the banks, rollers, tree gaps and momentum drops to make it your<br />
favorite ride.<br />
5. Ski Bowl Connector Trail climbs up to the Lower Raymond<br />
Brook Trail, with Lower Raymond Brook being a very fast expert<br />
downhill trail ending at the Rt. 28 trailhead which means<br />
you should ride down<br />
the north end of main<br />
street to get some cold<br />
hydration after the<br />
thrilling decent.<br />
6. On-the-Rocks is a sessions<br />
trail that has many<br />
technical rock riding<br />
challenges which insures<br />
you won’t ride it<br />
all the first time.<br />
7. Snakes Tongue Natural<br />
Terrain Park trails Mo<br />
and Curly have the momentum<br />
drops and high<br />
banked turns that will<br />
up your adrenalin level.<br />
8. New trail and upgrades are being added each year to give riders<br />
more riding and challenges.<br />
Hikers–Have 15 miles of trail to experience beautiful waterfalls,<br />
views and micro environment.<br />
1. The Schaefer Trail leads to beautiful streamside experiences<br />
of the waterfalls on Roaring Brook, which got its name for a<br />
reason, mountain view at the Reservoir and historic experience<br />
of walking through Ive’s Dam which was the hub of the 1930’s<br />
“ride up, ski down” trails. From Ive’s Dam you climb to the<br />
summit of Gore Mtn. to experience one of the best views of the<br />
southern Adirondacks.<br />
2. The Rabbit Pond Trail allows a nice loop walk when combined<br />
with the Schaefer Trail below the Reservoir and Ski Bowl Connector<br />
below the Raymond Brook Trail.<br />
3. The Ski Bowl Connector Trail is a easy uphill stroll which follow<br />
along the outlet of Rabbit Pond for a good portion of its<br />
length and then gives a good view of a large beaver pond before<br />
meeting up with the Raymond Brook Trail.<br />
4. The Raymond Brook Trail leads you up into the mountains<br />
on the backcountry ski trail. It is a little rough but will lead<br />
you to the Siamese Ponds Wilderness and Garnet Hill once<br />
you cross the Barton Mines Road.<br />
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Movies By The River Series <strong>2017</strong><br />
Gem Radio Theatre and Hudson River Trading Co, are happy<br />
to bring a new event to Riverfront Park in North Creek! Bring<br />
your family, friends, and your lawn chairs to the park for Movies<br />
by the River this summer! We will feature free family friendly<br />
movies at dusk on the following dates:<br />
July 9 and 22 and August 11 and 25<br />
While our schedule is not confirmed at press time, we will<br />
offer such titles as Eddie the Eagle, Hidden Figures, and Trolls.<br />
Visit our facebook page Gem Radio Theatre for more specific information,<br />
or e-mail us at gemradiotheatre@gmail.com.<br />
Come early to play frisbee, toss a ball, or listen to tunes before<br />
the movie. Find out the latest events happening in town and watch<br />
a cartoon before the movie begins just like in the old days at your<br />
hometown theater. Refreshments will be available for purchase.<br />
In case of rain the movie will be played in the Kellogg Barn right<br />
next to the park. See you at the Riverfront Park this summer!<br />
The Fire Tower Challenge<br />
Music By The River Series <strong>2017</strong><br />
The annual summer Music by the River free concert series<br />
begins this year on Saturday July 16. Summer concerts will take<br />
place at Riverfront Park on Railroad<br />
Place on the banks of the Hudson<br />
River from 6-9pm on July 15 & 29,<br />
and August 12 & 26. Bring chairs,<br />
blankets, coolers or whatever you<br />
need for an evening of great music.<br />
Music by the River is sponsored by<br />
the North Creek Business Alliance<br />
with help from Town Of Johnsburg<br />
Occupancy Tax.<br />
SAVE THESE DATES!<br />
July 15 TBA • July 29 Stony Creek Band<br />
Aug 12 TBA • Aug 26 The Frank Conti Rock n Roll Band<br />
Whether it’s the view from the summit or from the tower--or the experiences in route--”fire tower fever” grips you right away and there’s no turning<br />
back. The Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) created the Fire Tower Challenge to encourage hikers to appreciate<br />
fire towers, their history and the peaks where they are located.<br />
What is the Fire Tower Challenge?<br />
The Fire Tower Challenge began with the publication of the guidebook, ‘Views from on<br />
High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills’ by John P. (Jack) Freeman. The Challenge<br />
hikes are described in detail, along with a fascinating essay describing the history of Forest<br />
Preserve fire towers by noted historic preservationist Wesley H. Haynes. The book is published<br />
by the ADK Mountain Club.<br />
To buy Views from on High call 1-800-395-8080 (8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Mon through Sat.),<br />
visit the Club’s Lake George or Heart Lake facilities or purchase online from the ADK Mountain<br />
Club Online Store, It is also available from bookstores and outdoor retailers. In North Creek,<br />
Hudson River Trading Company typically carries the book. You don’t need to be a member of<br />
ADK to take part in the Challenge.<br />
Rules of the Fire Tower Challenge:<br />
To complete the Challenge and receive the official full-color patch,<br />
hikers must climb and document, by date, ascents of at least 23 fire<br />
tower summits: <strong>18</strong> of 23 Adirondack Park summits and all 5 Catskill<br />
Park summits. Climbing each tower itself is not required, nor in fact<br />
recommended, for those towers that have not been restored for safe<br />
public use.<br />
The mountain should have a standing fire tower on the date of<br />
your ascent. Two of the Adirondack towers described in Views from<br />
on High have been removed—see list on reverse. When registering<br />
the dates of your climb, be sure to use extra sheets of paper to describe<br />
details of interest: weather, wildlife sightings, your impressions, your<br />
companions - and whatever else caught your attention. We really want<br />
you to share your experiences with us, so please be expressive.<br />
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New owners at Garnet Hill Lodge, Jim and Frances Rucker,<br />
are revitalizing this storied Adirondack resort. Jim Rucker says,<br />
“My family and I are very familiar with Garnet Hill having owned<br />
a house there for more than 15 years. We are very excited to open<br />
the next chapter with this historic property and my family and I<br />
are looking forward to being thoughtful stewards of the Lodge for<br />
many years to come.”<br />
The main Loghouse building at Garnet<br />
Hill Lodge was built in 1937 by Frank<br />
Hooper, a local garnet mine owner, for<br />
Hooper’s son-in-law, as a guest house<br />
and restaurant. The Loghouse is a log<br />
structure built in the classic Adirondack<br />
Camp style. It has kept that charm to<br />
this day and walking into the Loghouse<br />
takes you back to more tranquil times.<br />
The large fireplace in the guest lounge<br />
made of local stone, sparkles with nuggets<br />
of garnet and invites visitors to sit<br />
back and relax. The new owners have<br />
already started to upgrade the facilities at the Lodge but according<br />
to Jim and Frances are keen to retain the historic charm of this<br />
unique property.<br />
Guests staying at Garnet Hill Lodge are able to enjoy the many<br />
opportunities for outdoor activities that the Adirondack Mountains<br />
offer. Jim Rucker, an outdoor enthusiast says that “one of<br />
the things that makes Garnet Hill Lodge such a special place is<br />
the opportunity for four season outdoor activities, right from the<br />
front door.” Without leaving the Lodge campus visitors can hike,<br />
swim, paddle, fish, ride mountain<br />
bikes, play tennis or just sit back in an<br />
Adirondack chair to relax and read a<br />
book. For those who wish to venture<br />
further, the Siamese Ponds Wilderness<br />
area is accessible from the Lodge<br />
campus and offers endless opportunities<br />
for more strenuous excursions.<br />
Over the years, Garnet Hill has<br />
become nationally known for the excellence<br />
of its cross country skiing,<br />
both trails and programs. It is widely<br />
acknowledged to be one of the very<br />
best nordic ski centers in the country.<br />
Winter opens up 50 km of beautifully groomed cross-country ski<br />
trails, countless miles of backcountry and snowshoe trails and it’s<br />
only 15 minutes to downhill skiing at Gore Mountain.<br />
The Loghouse is perfectly located on a gentle hill overlooking Whatever the season, Garnet Hill Lodge envelopes you in a<br />
a beautiful pristine lake, with miles of private ski and hiking trails relaxed and free mountain lifestyle. It is a refuge from the pace<br />
and surrounded by forever wild protected state land. The Loghouse<br />
and pressure of everyday life where guests can relax and unwind,<br />
is the focal point of a special place that offers guests and enjoying life lived on simpler terms.<br />
visitors options for activity as well as rest and relaxation.<br />
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Garnet History<br />
The Town of Johnsburg enjoyed a “garnet-rush”<br />
starting back in <strong>18</strong>78 when Henry Hudson Barton came to North<br />
Creek in search of a better abrasive. Miners, prospectors and<br />
geologists explored the mountains of Johnsburg and adjacent<br />
Indian Lake. The target of their search was the rich deposits of<br />
garnet commonly knows as the “Adirondack Ruby” the official<br />
NYS gem stone. Like the diamond, garnet can serve dual roles.<br />
If it is a clear, uncracked crystal, it can be faceted to produce a<br />
beautiful gem stone, if imperfect, garnet can make an excellent<br />
industrial abrasive. With the help of local people, Barton found<br />
an outstanding source of garnet on Gore Mountain.<br />
After Barton’s visit, garnet was no longer<br />
a curiosity, but rather a valuable product to be<br />
mined and used commercially as an abrasive.<br />
The discovery provided a long term supply<br />
of the hardest commercial quality garnet ever<br />
found in the world. With good management, this<br />
allowed Barton to be the only garnet mining company<br />
to continue its existence as an important business<br />
contributing to the economy of Johnsburg. During<br />
the “hey-days” of garnet mining<br />
there<br />
were over 300 people<br />
involved in the various garnet<br />
mining activities. Besides Gore<br />
Mountain many small “handpicking”<br />
mines were found and mined<br />
for short periods. The garnet from North Creek<br />
area is almost as hard as a diamond and it fractures<br />
into a multitude of sharp cutting edges. As an<br />
abrasive, garnet has dominated the industrial market<br />
for over 130 years.<br />
Today it is possible to visit the world famous<br />
historic garnet mine site and treasure hunt for your<br />
own precious garnet gemstones. A talented staff<br />
conducts the tour on the hour that begins with an<br />
informative lecture on the history and the geology of<br />
the Barton Mines and is followed up with instructions<br />
on how to identify and find your own garnet treasures!<br />
It is so much fun for all ages! For the shopper,<br />
exploring the old fashion mineral shop that was<br />
built in the early 1900’s is another treasure hunting<br />
experience. The shop is filled with fabulous garnet<br />
jewelry, garnet gifts for home decorating, science<br />
and nature<br />
toys, and<br />
so much<br />
more. This<br />
is a great<br />
Adirondack<br />
experience<br />
you should<br />
not miss.<br />
Left on 13th<br />
Lake Road<br />
1.5 miles to right<br />
on Casterline<br />
Rd. and Garnet<br />
Studio.<br />
Garnet Mine Tours<br />
garnetminetours.com<br />
Explore. Learn. Shop.<br />
Explore the mine & discover<br />
your own precious garnets.<br />
Learn about mining history & geology<br />
Shop the Gore Mountain Mineral Shop:<br />
jewelry, gems, science & nature toys<br />
Group tours are welcome!<br />
Open through Labor Day:<br />
Monday – Saturday: 9:30 – 5<br />
Sunday: 11 – 5<br />
Open fall weekends<br />
through Sunday, October 8, <strong>2017</strong><br />
North River, NY 12856 | 5<strong>18</strong>-251-2706<br />
Only 35 minutes<br />
from Lake George!<br />
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rafting<br />
hiking<br />
snowmobiling<br />
Indian Lake<br />
www.indian-lake.com<br />
1-800-328-LAKE<br />
5<strong>18</strong>-648-5112<br />
kayaking<br />
HIKING<br />
Indian Lake has over 100 miles<br />
of hiking trails for most ages and<br />
abilities. Hike the Adirondacks the<br />
Indian Lake Way with our 4-3-2-1<br />
Challenge! Select 10 hikes and receive<br />
a custom made badge when you complete them all. Stop at<br />
the Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce information building on<br />
Main Street to get your 4-3-2-1 Challenge form and hiking map.<br />
QUEEN OF HIKES<br />
OK Slip Falls is the new Queen of all hikes, being one of the<br />
highest waterfalls in the Adirondacks. The parking area for OK<br />
Slip Falls located almost 8 miles east of downtown Indian Lake<br />
on Route 28. Hiking round trip is 6.4 miles. You should allow at<br />
least a half-day for this hike, especially if you want to linger at<br />
the falls viewing area or spend time taking lots of pictures along<br />
the way.<br />
SNOWMOBLING<br />
Indian Lake forms the hub of<br />
Adirondack snowmobiling with<br />
access to over 1000 miles of<br />
groomed snowmobile trails. Our<br />
central location makes Indian Lake<br />
an ideal place to start and finish<br />
your snowmobiling adventure. Abundant snowfall often gives us<br />
a long snowmobiling season from December well into March. Accurate<br />
and honest snowmobile trail condition reports are always<br />
available at www.ilsnow.com<br />
LAKES, PONDS<br />
AND RIVERS<br />
Our region is speckled with<br />
dozens of lakes, ponds and rivers<br />
that offer scenic fishing, kayaking<br />
and canoeing opportunities. Indian<br />
Lake is well known as the White<br />
Water Capital of New York State, with timed water releases from<br />
Lake Abanakee to ensure quality rafting from spring to autumn.<br />
Power boating can be enjoyed on Blue Mountain Lake and Indian<br />
Lake.<br />
CABINS, COTTAGES AND CAMPSITES:<br />
Indian Lake has quaint cottages and cabins with real Adirondack<br />
charm that people have stayed at for generations. Many of<br />
them are on the lake or have scenic<br />
mountain views. You can find<br />
them at www.indian-lake.com. We<br />
are also the home of three New<br />
York State Public Campgrounds<br />
at Lake Durant, Lewey Lake and<br />
Indian Lake Islands.<br />
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Bike’s, Mowers,<br />
Kid Carriers, Tools,<br />
Kayaks & SUP’s<br />
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Deer Food • Bird Food • Souvenirs • Tees & Sweats<br />
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during the spring, summer and fall seasons.<br />
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The 8th Annual Great Adirondack-<br />
Moose Festival • Our Flagship Event!<br />
The 8th Annual Great Adirondack Moose Festival (GAMF)<br />
will be held in Indian Lake, September 23 and 24, <strong>2017</strong> and is<br />
sponsored by the Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce. The Moose<br />
Festival features programs, games, contests, exhibitions, guided<br />
tours and hikes and shopping. The half-ton Moose is making a<br />
come-back in the Adirondacks, one may even spot a moose during<br />
the weekend.<br />
The GAMF is designed to offer visitors of all ages a purely<br />
Adirondack experience as a two day destination event. This year’s<br />
GAMF will feature Adirondack style and moose themed activities<br />
such as our very popular Moose Calling Contest, guided wilderness<br />
hikes, Moose River Plains self guided driving wilderness tour,<br />
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fly fishing and tying<br />
demonstrations,<br />
white water rafting,<br />
Old Fashion Turkey<br />
Shoot, Moose Caption<br />
Contest, Indian<br />
Lake Museum Open<br />
House, Count the<br />
Moose Scat Contest,<br />
Moosterpiece<br />
games and activities<br />
for children,<br />
North County Craft and<br />
Vendor Show in the Big Moose Tent and much more.<br />
The Moose Calling Contest continues to be one of the Festival<br />
favorites and will be held with fun and sometimes bizarre and authentic<br />
hooting and hollering moose calls from adult and children<br />
contestants. Naturalist and author Ed Kanze will return as the contest<br />
master of ceremony and one of the official judges. The contest<br />
will be limited to two categories, adult and children, and will be<br />
held at the Indian Lake Theater. Pre-registration is encouraged.<br />
The festival is also held during peak fall foliage. Most festivalactivities<br />
are free and do not require advance registration.<br />
For more information visit www.indian-lake.com or call (5<strong>18</strong>)<br />
648-5636 or (5<strong>18</strong>) 648-5112. Visitors are encouraged to pick up a<br />
copy of the Festival Program at the Chamber of Commerce and at<br />
several businesses around the Town during the event.<br />
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50 years!<br />
1967 - <strong>2017</strong><br />
ADIRONDACK LAKES<br />
CENTER FOR THE ARTS<br />
www.adirondackarts.org<br />
art, music, theatre, dance, sculpture, exhibits, crafts, writing, painting, classes - the arts center...community<br />
Join the Arts Center in Celebrating 50 Years<br />
of Arts Education and Programming<br />
(1967-<strong>2017</strong>)<br />
Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival:<br />
• “A Walk in the Woods” – July 21-23<br />
• Shakespeare in the Parks “Merry Wives of Windsor “ – July 27 - August 4<br />
• Great Arts Cabaret – August 12<br />
• “Pirates of Penzance” – August 17-20<br />
Additional programming:<br />
• June 11 – Jubilee Brunch at The Hedges<br />
• July 1 – Annual July Auction & Square Dance (new in <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• August 6 – Golden Anniversary Celebration & Great Arts Benefit at<br />
Crane Point Lodge<br />
• 12 Gallery Exhibits<br />
• Monthly Classes and Workshops<br />
• Wellness Wednesday Classes in July and August<br />
• Yoga on Thursdays at 8 am May - September<br />
Saturday Series and Tuesdays @ The AC<br />
• Concerts and Recitals<br />
Visit www.adirondackarts.org for up-to-date information,<br />
email Christine@adirondackarts.org or call 5<strong>18</strong>-352-7715.<br />
3446 State Route 28 PO Box 205 Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812<br />
Your<br />
community<br />
screen &<br />
stage<br />
Movie<br />
Tickets<br />
Adults: $7<br />
Kids (
75<br />
On a clear day, you can easily spot the fire tower on top of<br />
Snowy Mountain. Just sit down and enjoy the view:<br />
Waterfalls:<br />
By now, nearly everyone has<br />
heard of OK Slip Falls. But I’m<br />
going to lead you in a different<br />
direction to Pashley Falls. To<br />
reach this hidden gem, turn from<br />
Main Street onto Pelon Road<br />
across from the school building.<br />
After a short distance, take the<br />
right fork and travel down to the cul-de-sac parking area.<br />
Don’t let the lack of a trailhead sign fool you. Walk around the<br />
metal gate and head down a snowmobile trail down to the Cedar-<br />
River. Then turn right and walk along the river until reach the<br />
gradually rolling Pashley Falls.<br />
For hiking maps<br />
and more information,<br />
stop by the Indian<br />
Lake Chamber<br />
of Commerce Information<br />
building in the<br />
middle of town. We<br />
are open 7 days a week<br />
during the summer and<br />
early autumn for your<br />
convenience.<br />
Abanakee Studios<br />
Located on the shores of Lake Abanakee in a turnof-the-century<br />
barn, we are home to the Rookery<br />
Gallery, Abanakee Workshops, and a variety of<br />
collectibles and unique gifts. Take a break by a lake<br />
and experience the Adirondacks like never before.<br />
Open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thu – Tue (closed Wed)<br />
Rt. 28 & LaVergne Rd., Indian Lake • 5<strong>18</strong>-648-5013<br />
www.abanakeestudios.com<br />
Authentic Mexican Restaurant<br />
& South of the border decor<br />
within a rustic setting<br />
Hours<br />
Jul & Aug: Wed – Sun, 5 – 8:45 pm<br />
Jun & Sep: Thu – Sun, 5 – 8:30 pm<br />
Winter: Weekends<br />
Reservations welcome<br />
Air-conditioned with wifi<br />
Contact<br />
chilinights.com<br />
6303 NYS Rt. 30, Indian Lake, NY<br />
5<strong>18</strong>-648-5832<br />
Menu FAVORITES<br />
Entrees from $7 – 22<br />
Jalapeños rellenos<br />
8 oz NY strip or sirloin steaks<br />
Shrimp chimichanga<br />
Spinach & mushroom quesadilla<br />
Fajitas<br />
Lobster quesadilla (when available)<br />
Fish tacos<br />
Vegetarian dishes & children’s<br />
menu available<br />
Beverages<br />
Beer, margaritas, wines, cocktails,<br />
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Long Lake<br />
raquette Lake<br />
Long Lake has events galore coming up in <strong>2017</strong>, our community<br />
is a giant summer camp for all ages. We offer paddling<br />
adventures, hiking adventures, competitions, live music and fun<br />
ways to create life-long memories.<br />
We kick the summer off with a traditional 4th of July Celebration<br />
complete with fireworks in both Raquette Lake and Long<br />
Lake as well as Kids<br />
Games, Bed Races and Live Music with Grit N Grace a modern<br />
country, rock and dance band to help us celebrate and kick it<br />
up a notch. Look for them on the Long Lake Town Beach. On<br />
July 15, the US Waterski<br />
Show Team returns<br />
to perform their<br />
competition-ready<br />
performance piece.<br />
Human pyramids,<br />
jumps, and deathdefying<br />
stunts will<br />
be featured. The US<br />
Waterski Show Teams<br />
wows the crowd Saturday,<br />
July 15th, Long Lake Town Beach, 1204 Main Street. Park<br />
and ride, parking will be available Long Lake Central School and<br />
a shuttle bus will be provided. Look for snacks and food sold on<br />
site. The fun Cardboard Box Floating Competition starts at 11am-<br />
1pm so come to Long Lake and stay all day.<br />
Durant Days in Raquette Lake celebrates the birth of Great<br />
Camps Architecture. Our Adirondack region is steeped with history,<br />
the evolution of train travel, historic American Iconic financial<br />
titans and the birthplace of the American Vacation. Do not miss<br />
this opportunity to enjoy a dining cruise on Raquette and access<br />
to Great Camps only available during this exclusive weekend Durant<br />
Days, August 5th - 7th. Call 315.354-5532 for reservations<br />
for the WW Durant cruise. Saturday enjoy Live Music with a cappella<br />
group Wide Variety and a Boat Parade at 7pm followed by<br />
Fireworks. On Sunday take advantage of a 1/2 price tour of Great<br />
Camp Sagamore and Vespers on St. Huberts Isle.<br />
In <strong>2017</strong> Long Lake will be hosting Music by the Lake featuring<br />
local returning favorites, Alex Smith on Friday, July 7 and<br />
the Dark Marbles celebrating their record release party on Friday,<br />
July 14th. August sees the arrival of Buffalo’s favorite Americanarma-country-styled<br />
twang of the Steam Donkeys on Saturday,<br />
August 12th with the final concert event with fun favorites, the<br />
Bad Chaperones playing all the hits on Saturday, August 19th.<br />
All “Music By the Lake” Concerts will be held on the Long Lake<br />
Town Beach at 1204 Main Street at 6pm. Arrive by boat, car or<br />
the nature trail!<br />
And don’t miss out on our new community favorite, Outdoor<br />
Movie Nights heading our way on Sunday, July 9th, 23rd and Friday<br />
August 27th.<br />
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Can you imagine the Adirondacks in the gilded age era when just<br />
one man owned literally hundreds of thousands of acres including all<br />
of Raquette Lake and its entire township? He was Thomas C. Durant,<br />
general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad. His fame derived<br />
from his success at pushing the Transcontinental Railroad from the<br />
East to Promontory Point. Too busy with his own work, he turned<br />
Raquette Lake development over to his son, William West Durant.<br />
Having spent his privileged youth in Europe, William visited the<br />
hunting and fishing camps of the European aristocracy and decided<br />
that the Adirondacks lent its woods, lakes, and mountains to similar<br />
grand estates. He arrived on Raquette Lake where he concentrated<br />
his efforts on Pine Knot, a camp that would eventually be owned<br />
by Collis P. Huntington, another Transcontinental RR man. William<br />
West Durant’s building legacy eventually included Camp Uncas<br />
(<strong>18</strong>95) owned by J.P. Morgan and Sagamore Lodge(<strong>18</strong>97) purchased<br />
in 1901 by Alfred G. Vanderbilt, the wealthiest young man in America.<br />
Altogether he built well over 100 buildings at the three camps<br />
and supported 200 workers year ‘round to construct roads, telegraph<br />
lines, the shortest standard gauge RR in the world, and two churches<br />
to serve the well-heeled guests who visited the three luxurious wilderness<br />
estates.<br />
William West Durant’s rampant spending on development of estates<br />
we now call Great Camps led to his bankruptcy; but his three<br />
camps remain and all boast National Historic Landmark status shining<br />
a spotlight on the tiny village of Raquette Lake.<br />
Honoring William West Durant’s name is the dine and cruise boat<br />
on Raquette Lake, the W.W. Durant. Cruising on Raquette Lake’s 99<br />
miles of shoreline where you will still see Durant’s original camp,<br />
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it captures the ambience of an opulent, by-gone era by surrounding<br />
guests with wainscoting, stained and etched glass, gleaming brass,<br />
rich carpeting and polished oak, while, at the same time, offering<br />
the convenience and comfort of modern amenities. Raquette Lake<br />
Navigation Co. offers a variety of cruises from June through October.<br />
Cruise and dine experiences- including luncheon, dinner, Sunday<br />
Champagne Brunch cruises- all offer delectable menus planned<br />
and executed by CIA graduate Chef Jim Pohl and our trained kitchen<br />
staff. Scenic excursions allow the visitor to enjoy the scenery and<br />
history without dining (though snacks and beverages are available).<br />
Read what satisfied guests have written about their experience on the<br />
W.W. Durant at www.raquettelakenavigation.com.<br />
The Vanderbilts, Morgans, and other Captains of Industry “vacated”<br />
the stifling heat<br />
of New York City<br />
to vacation in their<br />
sumptuous Adirondack<br />
Camps. Great<br />
Camp Sagamore, a<br />
National Historic<br />
Landmark, offers<br />
2-hour guided tours<br />
daily from late June through Columbus Day. You will see the Main<br />
Lodge where guests still stay, the <strong>Dining</strong> Hall, the Bowling Alley, the<br />
Blacksmith’s Shop, the Barn and Carriage House. You’ll marvel at<br />
the rustic luxury enjoyed by the Vanderbilt family and be invited to<br />
ask why they thought their annual trips into the woods for over 50<br />
years were so important. www.greatcampsagamore.org will give you<br />
a tantalizing taste of history.<br />
Visit both the W.W. Durant and Great Camp Sagamore for SAG-<br />
AMORE & SAIL.<br />
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Minerva:<br />
CELEBRATING OUR BICENTENNIAL YEAR: If you’re looking for an authentic Adirondack<br />
experience or a base camp for further exploration, look no further than Minerva. Conveniently<br />
located just minutes from Northway Exit 26, Minerva offers year round amenities and<br />
adventures including Minerva Lake, Donnelly Beach, the Minerva Campgrounds, boating,<br />
fishing, hiking, ice fishing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, biking, birding,<br />
hunting and so much more!<br />
Stay at the Minerva Campgrounds Spring to Fall (5<strong>18</strong>-251-2869), find a room<br />
at one of our local Cottages or B&Bs, or start looking for your next home.<br />
Come for a day, a week or come to stay. You’ll find the essence of the<br />
Adirondacks in Minerva, NY!<br />
www.townofminerva.com • (5<strong>18</strong>) 251-2869<br />
Photo Credit: Town of Minerva, NY<br />
Minerva<br />
Visitors looking for a classic Adirondack vacation spot need<br />
look no further than the Town of Minerva. Located just minutes<br />
off the Northway in the southern part of Essex County, NY Minerva<br />
has been a favorite year-round destination and base camp<br />
for Adirondack tourist’s since the late <strong>18</strong>00’s. In fact, the word<br />
vacation was coined in the late <strong>18</strong>00’s to mean people should<br />
vacate the cities and move to the mountains for fresh air and<br />
relaxation - exactly what Minerva offers tourists today.<br />
Founded by Farming families after the Revolutionary War,<br />
Minerva’s economic history includes iron mining, tanning, milling<br />
and logging. Today the focus is on<br />
tourism, recreational boat building and<br />
forest products.<br />
Minerva, which was incorporated in<br />
<strong>18</strong>17, covers 162 square miles with over<br />
60% of its land in the “forever wild”<br />
ADK Park Preserve.<br />
Visitors to Minerva will find that<br />
Minerva Lake, with its beautiful beach,<br />
playgrounds, pavilions, campground,<br />
bathhouse and food stand serves as the<br />
town hub of summer activities. The<br />
town-wide Minerva Day celebration culminates<br />
with a vibrant fireworks display at Donnelly Beach, and<br />
will take place on Saturday, July 1st. Check the Town website at<br />
www.townofminerva.com for additional details. When the lake<br />
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freezes over each winter, visitors use the lake for ice fishing,<br />
snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.<br />
The Hudson and Boreas Rivers flow through Minerva,<br />
providing recreational fishing, whitewater rafting and canoeing<br />
opportunities. Many top-rated hiking trails start and end in<br />
Minerva including hikes for Moxham Mountain, Stony Pond<br />
and Blue Ledges. ADK Park land acquisitions in 2013 added<br />
additional camping, hiking, biking, paddling, snowmobiling<br />
and horseback riding access to lands in northern Minerva which<br />
have not been open to the public for the past 100 years. Birders<br />
and other nature enthusiasts should keep Minerva on their radar<br />
screens for interesting sightings and species.<br />
Families with children enjoy<br />
Minerva Central School’s reputation<br />
for quality education and the Minerva<br />
Youth Program’s summer day camp.<br />
Notable Minerva residents have<br />
included Solomon Northup (12 Years<br />
a Slave) and internationally known<br />
educator Ella Lynch, as well as part<br />
time residents Ruth Bader Ginsburg<br />
(who attended Camp Che-Na-Wah)<br />
and Winslow Homer who stayed at the<br />
North Woods Club while painting most<br />
of his ADK works.<br />
The summer Concerts in the Park series will open its third<br />
season on June 14th with an encore performance by Double Vision,<br />
followed by the vocal stylings of Susan Richards July 12th<br />
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and final concert of the season<br />
on August 9th. The Concerts<br />
take place from 6:30 - 8:30, and<br />
desserts are offered by the parents<br />
of Minerva Central School<br />
students at each concert.<br />
Minerva is located within<br />
a 90 minute drive of Albany, 2<br />
hours of Burlington, VT, and 40 minutes north of Glens Falls.<br />
<strong>2017</strong> is the Bicentennial of the Town of Minerva. In addition<br />
to the perennial Minerva Day on Saturday, July 1, a town-wide<br />
celebration that offers something for everyone, there will be lots<br />
of Bicentennial-related features. On Friday June 30 the Historic<br />
Bus Tour will depart from the Minerva Historical Society Museum<br />
at 6:00 pm. On Saturday July 1, the 30th annual Minerva<br />
Day kicks off with breakfast at Town Hall, followed by Minerva<br />
Quest!, Maple Knoll Farm tours and refreshments, garage sales,<br />
a Handicrafts Exhibition at Minerva Central School, Artisan and<br />
Organization sales at Courtney Park, Military Memorabilia Exhibit<br />
at Town Hall, the Kids Fishing Derby, Art Show, Museum<br />
Opening and Citizen of the Year, and Groundbreaking for the<br />
Veterans Memorial. Be sure to stop by the Welcome Table in<br />
Courtney Park to sign our Guestbook and receive your Bicentennial<br />
Commemorative Pin. The evening festivities start with<br />
the parade leaving Sporty’s Iron Duke Saloon at 5:00 pm. The<br />
Potluck Dinner at the Beach (Bring a dish to pass!) begins after<br />
the parade is over. Enjoy your meal listening to the Gregson<br />
Brothers Band while the kids enjoy the Bounce Houses, popcorn<br />
and cotton candy. The Fireworks start at 9 pm and are not to be<br />
missed! Sunday July 2 the fun continues with an Alumni Brunch<br />
at the Beach, the Cutie Pageant, a Paddle on Minerva Stream,<br />
a Concert by Fingerdiddle in Courtney Park and the closing<br />
ceremony of the Minerva Bicentennial weekend.<br />
Come enjoy the quiet comfort of the Minerva Lake town<br />
campsite. We offer scenic views, comfortable isolated sites,<br />
tennis, basketball, bocce and pickleball courts, horseshoe pits,<br />
concession stand, restroom and bathhouse facilities, and best of<br />
all, Donnelly Beach.<br />
“MINERVA - CELEBRATING OUR BICENTENNIAL<br />
YEAR: If you’re looking for an authentic Adirondack experience<br />
or a base camp for further exploration, look no further than<br />
Minerva. Conveniently located just minutes from Northway<br />
Exit 26, Minerva offers year<br />
round amenities and adventures<br />
including Minerva Lake,<br />
Donnelly Beach, the Minerva<br />
Campgrounds, boating, fishing,<br />
hiking, ice fishing, snowmobiling,<br />
snowshoeing, crosscountry<br />
skiing, biking, birding,<br />
hunting and so much more!<br />
Stay at the Minerva Campgrounds Spring to Fall (5<strong>18</strong>-251-<br />
2869), find a room at one of our local Cottages or B&Bs, or start<br />
looking for your next home. Come for a day, a week or come<br />
to stay. You’ll find the essence of the Adirondacks in Minerva,<br />
NY!”<br />
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every type of event<br />
Open daily 7am-8pm • (5<strong>18</strong>) 251-4017<br />
1396 County Rt 29 • Olmstedville, NY<br />
Across the Street from Courtney Park<br />
Scratch made pies, cakes and tarts<br />
using fresh ingredients.<br />
Cinnamon Rolls • Donuts • Breads<br />
Ask about our famous<br />
Orange Torte & Turtle Cheesecake<br />
Enjoy Breakfast and Lunch at the<br />
Sandwich Shop with homemade<br />
cole slaw, salads, deli<br />
sandwiches & more.<br />
1385 County Rt 29, Olmstedville, NY<br />
Call (5<strong>18</strong>) 251-2289 for seasonal hours<br />
Groceries • Diesel • Gas • Soda<br />
Green Mountain Coffee • Cold Beer<br />
Cigarettes • Newspapers • Souvenirs<br />
Camping & Fishing Supplies • Worms<br />
Locally Made Jellies & Maple Products<br />
Open daily 7am-8pm • (5<strong>18</strong>) 251-4017<br />
1396 County Rt 29 • Olmstedville, NY<br />
Across the Street from Courtney Park<br />
Minerva’s Blue Ledges Trail<br />
Scratch made pies, cakes and tarts<br />
using fresh ingredients.<br />
The 2.5 mile trail to the Blue Ledges ends up at a beautiful<br />
spot in the Hudson River Cinnamon Gorge opposite Rolls • tall Donuts granite • cliffs Breads<br />
known as the Blue Ledges. These Ask spectacular about our cliffs famous rise over 300<br />
feet and are framed by Hemlock Orange trees Torte growing & Turtle out Cheesecake<br />
of the blueish<br />
rock formation. The Hudson makes a right angle bend at this<br />
location and is filled with big<br />
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You can find the Blue Ledges trailhead along the North<br />
Woods Club Road (left turn/west off of NY 28N about 1.7 miles<br />
north of the Minerva Post Office) just before you reach Huntley<br />
Pond. The road is paved part way then becomes a well-maintained<br />
gravel road. It dips down to cross the Boreas River which<br />
is an interesting place to stop and have lunch or explore on your<br />
way to the Blue Ledges trailhead. Blue Ledges trailhead parking<br />
is located about 7 miles down North Woods Club Road.<br />
Moxham Mountain<br />
Our hike up Moxham Mountain on Sunday afternoon had<br />
a decidedly autumnal feel with bare trees and a cold, steady<br />
wind. But the crisp air, the few remaining colorful leaves, the<br />
open woods and wide ranging views left us feeling that fall may<br />
indeed be the best season for hiking.<br />
Moxham is a real<br />
treat. The trail was<br />
only recently marked<br />
(last summer) and is<br />
not yet in any guidebooks<br />
that I’m aware<br />
of, but it is sure to<br />
become one of the<br />
most popular hikes in<br />
the Southern Adirondacks<br />
as its reputation<br />
spreads. Why? Simple. It’s got what people want: tons of views,<br />
a moderate length (5 mile round trip) and vertical (1200-ish<br />
feet), and a grade that is never steep. Kudos to the DEC and the<br />
Student Conservation Corps for the layout and construction of<br />
this trail.<br />
From the trailhead, the trail rises gradually through hardwoods<br />
(lots of beech) to the top of a ridge, then descends to a<br />
pretty beaver meadow. A moderate climb then leads to Moxham’s<br />
ridgeline and the first of many lookouts. A hiker could be<br />
satisfied with the views of Gore, Puffer and Bullhead mountains<br />
and turn around here, but that would be a shame as the views just<br />
keep getting better as the trail gradually ascends the ridgeline to<br />
the summit.<br />
A series of interconnected ponds and wetlands come into<br />
view a little further up the trail. Moxham’s summit comes into<br />
view as well as the trail alternates between woods and open<br />
ledges. The summit comes almost as a surprise - you’ve seen it<br />
getting closer all along, but the trail never gets steep to signal the<br />
summit’s approach. <strong>18</strong>0-degree views open up from the broad<br />
summit ledges, taking in the ponds and wetlands below, Gore<br />
close by, Crane, Puffer, Bullhead, Snowy, Blue and many lesser<br />
peaks in the distance. The ridgeline you just ascended sweeps<br />
away to the west. It’s a spectacular spot.<br />
Between the chilly breeze and our late start (just after 1pm),<br />
we didn’t linger on the summit for as long as we might have. Extra<br />
calories from a quick summit snack, more views and a gentle<br />
grade made our return hike pass quickly. Our round-trip time<br />
on the hike was a little under 4 hours, but experienced hikers<br />
without young children would probably<br />
come in closer to 3 hours. This<br />
is a very kid-friendly hike. Our kids<br />
- ages 9 and 5 (6 in December) - had<br />
no difficulty with the time, distance<br />
or elevation, although I would say<br />
The start of the Blue Ledges trail passes around the east end<br />
they are relatively experienced hikers<br />
for their ages.<br />
of Huntley Pond on a well-used trail marked with blue DEC<br />
markers. Initially the trail offers some tough footing with lots of<br />
exposed roots. After you reach the pond, the trail gets smoother The trailhead is located 2 miles<br />
as you climb into a classic ADK forest with a pleasant rolling<br />
west from NY 28N on Fourteenth<br />
trail. About a mile before you reach the Hudson, you will start<br />
Road in Minerva, just after the pavement<br />
ends. There is a small parking<br />
hearing the sound of the water rushing thru the Hudson River<br />
area on the left.<br />
Gorge.<br />
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Summer Wine & Food Pairings<br />
By Megan Shuman<br />
Summer in the Adirondacks is definitely one of my favorite<br />
times and is always way too short. I start looking forward to summer<br />
during that first March thaw, the one that happens every year<br />
and makes us feel like warm days are foolishly just around the<br />
corner, that winter’s hold is weakening and we’ll be sipping white<br />
wine by the lake soon.<br />
Whether you’re looking to pair wine with food or just enjoy<br />
an afternoon with good friends and conversation, it’s always a<br />
great time to take advantage of the opportunity to expand your<br />
palate with yet unexplored wines and regions. Summer is a fantastic<br />
time to do this, and to start your exploration, here are a few<br />
of this year’s hottest wines that are sure to impress.<br />
Rose is an often misunderstood and thus underappreciated<br />
wine I actually like to drink all year long. Made<br />
from numerous grapes, grenache, syrah and sangiovese,<br />
to name a few, rose is produced anywhere from Willamette<br />
Valley in Oregon to Southern California and Argentina,<br />
Spain to Italy and it’s historically most popular<br />
region of Provence, France. It can range from fruity to<br />
dry but never sweet, and has flavor profiles that run the<br />
entire gamut, including ripe raspberries and strawberries.<br />
I like to say that pink wine makes the sun shine,<br />
and my favorite food in the summer is a bowl of gazpacho<br />
on a hot day. And rose is a classic French pairing<br />
with fresh mussels and French fries, or “moulle<br />
frites”, and hence pairs fantastically with local little<br />
neck clams by the bushel, done with a garlic white<br />
wine sauce. It is such a fantastic pairing I can almost<br />
smell the garlic simmering.<br />
Rieslings are in many ways as misinterpreted as roses. And<br />
my best advice with rieslings is to drink locally! New York State<br />
boasts some of the best rieslings in the world, and if you’re not<br />
familiar with them take a drive up the Hudson River to Garnet<br />
Hill Lodge (www.garnet-hill.com) in North River. There you will<br />
find options to help you navigate New York State’s wines. Even<br />
as intimidating as foreign labels can appear, German rieslings can<br />
be easily identified if you have a few riesling tools in your bag.<br />
‘Trocken’, which means dry or ‘halbtroken’, which translates to<br />
half-dry, or off-dry are the two classifications of residual sugar you<br />
will find indicated on the label. The sugar levels are determined<br />
in rieslings by both the time and method of harvest. They start<br />
with Kabinett, the earliest harvest, lowest alcohol and lightest of<br />
the harvested styles, to Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese,<br />
and Eiswein, Germany’s premier desert wine,<br />
produced from grapes actually frozen on the vine before harvest.<br />
Trust me, even my German heritage doesn’t help me here, and I<br />
definitely can’t pronounce these words properly without making<br />
a terrible face. If you can work past the tricky pronunciations and<br />
classifications I promise you a really fantastic experience. If nothing<br />
else, wine is another good excuse to get your favorite people<br />
together and remember why they are your favorites. Ultimately,<br />
wine is meant to be a fun, unassuming, unintimidating, lively part<br />
of life, so get out there and try something new. I’m willing to bet<br />
you’ll find yourself surprisingly pleased, and might find a new<br />
favorite too.<br />
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Students from Grades 1 and 2<br />
at Newcomb Central School<br />
were the first official visitors to the<br />
Newcomb Historical Museum May<br />
24 and 31, <strong>2017</strong>. Dr. Joan Burke,<br />
the Museum’s Director, scheduled<br />
two visits for Mrs. Amanda Bush’s<br />
classes to introduce the students<br />
to Newcomb’s rich heritage and<br />
history with pictures of places<br />
and people, several old schools,<br />
founding fathers, and with stories of<br />
the life and times here in the <strong>18</strong>00s<br />
and early 1900s.<br />
Dr. Burke showed them three small<br />
tin-types and prints from archival<br />
scans of the daguerrotypes from the<br />
Leslie Rist Collection. First a print of<br />
a young girl about their age, another<br />
of her mother and baby brother, and<br />
finally a group portrait of the girl’s<br />
family. She explained how sweet<br />
the girl looked with her freckles and<br />
curly hair, and how sad for us that<br />
they were all unknowns; almost<br />
certainly connected to Newcomb,<br />
but no information has been<br />
provided about them. Dr. Burke<br />
then asked each student to return<br />
with a personal photograph and tell<br />
us who they were with, what they<br />
were doing, and where they were.<br />
Important information is lost when<br />
photographs are left behind without<br />
details.<br />
After hearing about Daniel<br />
Newcomb incorporating the town<br />
in <strong>18</strong>28, a boy remarked that he<br />
knew him. The passage of almost<br />
two hundred years ago meant little<br />
to a student who was impressed<br />
with his horse-drawn wagon-ride<br />
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Larry Newcombe”.<br />
It was, therefore, not accidental<br />
that the next visit started in front of<br />
a timeline of bright blue painters’<br />
tape divided into fifty-year sections.<br />
A pointer for a tiny span indicated<br />
the students’ own lives, hopefully<br />
putting 100 years into some<br />
perspective. After reviewing the<br />
earlier events in Newcomb’s history,<br />
students moved into the room<br />
housing the Museum’s new exhibit,<br />
“Mining Life in the Mountains: The<br />
Tahawus Story” to consider the<br />
history of Tahawus, the National<br />
Lead mine, and eventually the<br />
move to Winebrook. Here there<br />
were pictures and artifacts from a<br />
community that no longer exists:<br />
old bowling pins from the YMCA,<br />
sports trophies, a hard hat and a<br />
photo of Bernie Killon (a Sinter<br />
Plant employee) from Minerva<br />
wearing his, mine dust from the<br />
bottom of a miner’s locker, some<br />
mail boxes from the Tahawus post<br />
office, and much more. On another<br />
wall was a large survey map of<br />
Winebrook a year before the town<br />
move and pictures showing some<br />
of the students’ great-grandfathers,<br />
then on the job for National Lead.<br />
Toward the end of the day, students<br />
watched parts of the 1963 film<br />
of the move—big trucks pulling<br />
and pushing homes, apartments,<br />
churches, and the store into<br />
Winebrook, where several of the<br />
students now live. This concluded<br />
their visit, and they asked to come<br />
back! A successful event, indeed!<br />
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