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Tahawus (also called Adirondac, or McIntyre, pronounced / t ə ˈ h ɔː z / tə-HAWZ) was a village in the Town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York, United States. It is now a ghost town situated in the Adirondack Park. Tahawus is located in Essex County within the unpopulated northern area designated to the town of Newcomb. [1]
The town is known for its Adirondack Folk School, with classes designed to keep the arts, crafts and culture of the Adirondacks alive , and for the Lake Luzerne Chamber Music Festival where artists such as classical guitarist Joel Brown, the Imani Winds, violinist Raymond Gniewek, saxophonist Erk Rist, jazz greats Chris and Dave Brubeck, and the Philadelphia Orchestra perform during the summer ...
The Adirondack Mountains form the southernmost part of the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. [22] They are heavily forested, and contain one of the southernmost distributions of the taiga ecotype in North America. The forests of the Adirondacks include spruce, pine and deciduous trees. Lumbering, once an important industry, has been ...
Webb (sometimes referred to as Webb Town) [4] is the northernmost town in Herkimer County, New York, United States.As of the 2020 Census it had a population of 1,797. [5]It is named after William Seward Webb, president of the Raquette Lake Transportation Company, the Fulton Chain Railway Company, Fulton Navigation Company, and the Mohawk and Malone Railway.
Keene is a town in central Essex County, New York, United States. It includes the hamlets of Keene, Keene Valley, and St. Huberts, with a total population of 1,144 as of the 2020 census [2] The town is part of the Adirondack Park, and includes 15 of the 46 High Peaks, including Mount Marcy, New York's highest mountain, and the rest of the Great ...
Schroon (/ ˈ s k r uː n / SKROON) [2] is a town in the Adirondack Park, in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,880 at the 2020 census. [3] The largest community in the town is the hamlet of Schroon Lake, located at the northern end of the lake of the same name. The Town of Schroon is in the southern part of Essex County.
The village of Tupper Lake is located near the center of the town of Tupper Lake at 5] on the east shore of Raquette Pond, the northern end of the Tupper Lake water . According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 2.06%,
The region is a suburban and rural area surrounding the industrialized cities of Schenectady, Utica and Rome, along with other smaller commercial centers. The 5,882 square miles (15,230 km 2) area is an important agricultural center and encompasses the heavily forested wilderness areas just to the north that are part of New York's Adirondack Park.