| Raquette Lake | |
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| Location | Adirondack Mountains, New York |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Primary outflows | Raquette River |
| Basin countries | United States |
"Under the hemlocks" - Raquette Lake, 1888, S R Stoddard
Raquette Lake is the source of the Raquette River in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, USA. The Raquette River, sometimes spelled Racquette, originates at Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. The Adirondack Mountains are a Mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York, that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A state is a political association with effective Sovereignty over a geographic Area and representing a Population. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is near the community of Raquette Lake, New York. Raquette Lake is a hamlet in the Town of Long Lake in Hamilton County, New York, Raquette is the largest natural lake in the Adirondack Park. The Adirondack Park is a publicly-protected area located in northeast New York. It has 99 miles (160 km) of shoreline with pines and mountains bordering the lake.
The origin of the name is uncertain. One account is that it was named for snowshoes ("raquette" in French) left by a party of Tories led by Sir John Johnson in 1776; traveling by snowshoe, they were overtaken by a spring thaw when they reached the lake and abandoned them en masse on the shore. In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was Sir John Johnson 2nd Baronet ( 5 November 1741 &ndash 4 January 1830) was a loyalist leader during the American Revolution
Raquette Lake developed into one of the most prestigious summer getaways for the elite in the 19th century. In 1877, William West Durant started work on what would become the first of the "Great Camps," Pine Knot. William West Durant (1850 &ndash 1934 was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style including Camp Pine Knot and Sagamore Great camps refer to the grandiose family compounds of cabins that were built in the latter half of the nineteenth century on lakes in the Adirondacks such as Spitfire Camp Pine Knot, also known as Huntington Memorial Camp, on Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State was built by William Other summer homes in the great camp style on Raquette Lake include North Point (the 1870 buildings replaced by Lucy Carnegie in 1903), Echo Camp (1883) and Bluff Point (1876). Echo Camp, also known as Echo Point Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp on the tip of Long Point adjacent to Camp Pine Knot on Raquette Bluff Point is a northern coastal suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia.
Bluff Point is still a private camp and run much as it was over 100 years ago. It was built by Francis Stott of Stottville, New York, at the suggestion of Dr. Stottville is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Columbia County, New York, United States. Thomas C. Durant. Dr Thomas Clark Durant, 1820&ndash1885 was an American financier and railroad promoter The two families had briefly been in business together in Albany, New York, during the 1840s. Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. When Bluff Point was sold to magazine publisher Robert Collier in 1905, most of the original structures were modified and expanded into the present score of buildings — the huge walk-in fireplace, the bowling alley, the bridge to the gazebo, etc. Robert Collier may refer to Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (1817 – 1886 English judge Robert Collier 2nd Baron Monkswell (1845 -
Raquette Lake also served as a mid-point to other Gilded Age retreats such as the Great Camps Sagamore (1897 now a National Historic Landmark), Camp Uncas (1890), and Kamp Kill Kare (1896) on nearby lakes Sagamore, Mohegan, and Kora, respectively. Sagamore Camp is one of several historic Great Camps located in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State, which were built for the super-rich A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the Camp Uncas, begun in 1890 was the second Adirondack Great Camp built by William West Durant for his own use after Camp Pine Knot, which Sagamore is open to the public for guided tours during non-winter months and also as an educational facility.
Pine Knot, Uncas and Sagamore were designed using natural materials native to the Adirondacks by William W. Durant who was the son of Thomas C. Durant. Thomas was most famous for the building of the Eastern half of the Transcontinental Railroad. Transcontinental Railroad is a Railroad that crosses a Continent from "coast-to-coast" The first of these "Great Camps" was Camp Pine Knot, started by Thomas and taken over by William in 1879. The construction continued through 1890. This artistic camp was used by W. W. Durant as a showcase, as he wined and dined railroad tycoons and sold them on the idea of him building a camp for each of them. In 1895 the camp was eventually sold to Collis P. Huntington (builder of the Western half of the Transcontinental Railroad) in partial repayment of a debt. Collis Potter Huntington ( April 16 or October 22 1821 – August 13 1900) was one of The Big Four of western railroading (along with In 1949 Archer Huntington gave the camp to SUNY Cortland to be used for education and not to ever be turned over to the state. The State University of New York College at Cortland, also called SUNY Cortland, is located in Cortland, New York. Earlier, in 1938, the family provided the land for the Raquette Lake Chapel in the village for $1.
William West Durant also provided the funding for two unique summer chapels on Raquette Lake, accessible only by water. The Church of the Good Shepherd (1880) and St. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is a church built by William West Durant in 1880 on Saint Hubert 's Isle in the hamlet of Raquette William's on Long Point (1890) were each designed by J. Cleaveland Cady of Cady, Berg & See, New York City. J(osiah Cleaveland Cady ( Providence Rhode Island, 1837 - April 17 1919 was a New York -based architect whose most familiar surviving building is the south range
Raquette Lake is still a popular destination today, especially during the summer months. It has wonderful wildlife, breathtaking scenery and many types of sport, both aquatic and terrestrial. Additionally, there are several children's summer camps including Raquette Lake Boys Camp and Raquette Lake Girls Camp. In the winter months, huge amounts of snowfall turn the area into a winter wonderland for snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing.
Sources
- Donaldson, Alfred L. , A History of the Adirondacks. New York: Century, 1921. ISBN 0-916346-26-8. (reprint)
External links
- raquettelake.org
- New York Times "Personal Notes from Raquette Lake; Every Camp Along the Shore Now Has Tenants for the Season." July 27, 1902. (pdf)
- USGS GNIS: Raquette Lake
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