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It is one of the original Great Camps of the Adirondacks located on Raquette Lake the home to many summer camps of the wealthy built during the Gilded Age. North Point was designed by Spokane, Washington architect, Kirtland Cutter , for Lucy C. Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie 's sister-in-law and matriarch of the Carnegie family.
DeRuyter Reservoir (also known as Tioughnioga Lake) [2] is a man-made lake located north of Puckerville, New York. Fish species present in the lake include smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, rock bass, black bullhead, common sunfish, and walleye. There is access by fee on the south shore at the general store. [3]
Long Lake, New York: Active: Located in the Adirondack State Park in New York State. Schiff Scout Reservation: Theodore Roosevelt Council: Wading River,New York: Stratton Mt. Scout Reservation: Ten Mile River Scout Camps: Greater New York Councils: Narrowsburg, New York: Thunder Rock: Ti-Wa-Ya-Ee: Toad Hollow: Tri-Mount Scout Reservation: Rip ...
In 2007, the council renamed Clear Lake to the Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation. The reservation's namesake had donated her Long Island Sound bayfront mansion in Rye, New York on Milton Point, to the council and a 20-year trust to the council. In 2007, the waterfront property, Durland Scout Center, was sold to private developers.
The boathouse was the largest on the lake. The camp had a gasoline-powered generator, and telephones throughout. In the 1940s, the camp was sold, and had a brief career as a lodge, Sekon in the Pines. It was sold again in 1951, and used as a summer camp for young Jewish girls.
Great Camp Sagamore was constructed by William West Durant on Sagamore Lake between 1895 and 1897. [3] Prior to Sagamore, William Durant had constructed Camp Pine Knot (purchased by Collis P. Huntington and now the Huntington Memorial Outdoor Education Center [4]) on nearby Raquette Lake and Camp Uncas (once owned by J. P. Morgan) on Lake Mohegan.
Camp Pine Knot, also known as Huntington Memorial Camp, on Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, was built by William West Durant. Begun in 1877, it was the first of the "Adirondack Great Camps" and epitomizes the "Great Camp" architectural style. Elements of that style include log and native stonework construction ...
The Hedges is a historic home and Adirondack Great Camp located at Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County, New York. The property consists of 30 buildings and structures and many related site features. From about 1890 to 1920, it was the seasonal home of Hiram B. Duryea, and from this period nine buildings and structures remain. In 1920, it was ...