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The word Adirondack is thought to come from the Mohawk word atirǫ́·taks meaning "eaters of trees". [1] The earliest written use of the name was in 1635 by Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert in his Mohawk to Dutch glossary, found in his Journey into Mohawk Country.
The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [2] At 6.1 million acres (2.5 × 10 ^ 6 ha), it is the largest park in the contiguous United States. [3]
Adirondack chair, a type of chair used primarily in an outdoors setting; Adirondack Community College (US), a two-year college located in the state of New York; Adirondack Experience, a museum; Adirondack Flames, former American Hockey League team (2014–15) Adirondack Great Camps; Adirondack Phantoms, former American Hockey League team (2009 ...
The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state. They have been popular hiking destinations since the late 1920s, when the list of peaks was published in Russell Carson's book Peaks and Peoples of the Adirondacks . [ 1 ]
Articles about people, places and things associated with the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adirondack Mountains . Contents
Tales of these Adirondack getaways started being published in books which became very popular with the general public. Demand for these permanent structures increased as more people migrated to the area, and soon, log camps featuring multiple buildings all in one area had been established and were known as 'commercial camps'.
The Adirondack Railroad (formerly the Adirondack Scenic Railroad) (reporting mark ADIX) [1] is a heritage railway serving the Adirondack Park that operates over former New York Central Railroad trackage between Utica and Tupper Lake. The railroad is operated by the not-for-profit Adirondack Railroad Preservation Society, with train crews ...
The Adirondack is a daily intercity passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal. The scenic route follows the Empire Corridor through the Hudson Valley with major stops in Yonkers , Poughkeepsie , Albany–Rensselaer , and Schenectady .