Cranberry Lake and Wanakena (Postcard History Series)

ISBN: 9780738509693

出版社: Arcadia Publishing

出版年: 2002-03

页数: 128

定价: USD 19.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

In the northwest corner of the Adirondack Park lie Cranberry Lake and the village of Wanakena. This remote area was the last-settled part of New York State; from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, its name evoked the very essence of wilderness. Initially, sportsmen, naturalists, and artists flocked to the area. By 1900, summer tourism was booming. The logging industry followed, to harvest the virgin timber; after that, the state purchased the mostly cleared lands. Today, seventy-five percent of the lakeís shoreline is state owned, and the Five Ponds Wilderness, south of Wanakena, is one of the largest and wildest areas in the Adirondacks. YY