This Forest Plantation and Trail dedicated to Bernhard E. Fernow,
1851-1923.
“I have been unusually lucky to see the results of my work. I have been a plowman who hardly expected to see the crop greening, yet fate has been good to me in . . . — — Map (db m1056) HM
On New York State Route 3, on the right when traveling east.
Here stood, from 1890-1930, the North Country's largest sawmill built by John Hurd. It had the longest bandsaw in the world and twice broke the world's record for lumber sawed in a day.
The Santa Clara Lumber Co. was its main operator. Hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m57118) HM
On Crossroads of the Adirondack Trail 0.1 miles south of Cedar Street, on the right when traveling south.
French Canadians, the largest immigrant population to the area, brought their culture and religion to Tupper Lake. French Canadians were attracted to Tupper
Lake from Quebec, Canada, to make their living
in the woods. They were the largest . . . — — Map (db m251983) HM
In the early 1900s this spot was one of the busiest in the Adirondacks.
Two railroads - the Northern Adirondack
Railroad built by John Hurd in 1890 and
the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad
constructed by Dr. William Seward Webb
in 1892 - . . . — — Map (db m251960) HM
On Crossroads of the Adirondacks Trail 0.5 miles south of Cedar Street, on the left when traveling east.
Remnants of mills are all that remain of Tupper Lake's once booming logging industry.
Logging and processing logs was big
business in Tupper Lake from the 1890s
through World War I; it remained an
important business until the 1960s.
In . . . — — Map (db m251989) HM
The Village of Tupper Lake is at the crossroads of the main transportation routes in the Adirondack Park. Rivers, railroads and roads once moved goods and products to make Tupper Lake an industrial hub. Today the roads bring millions of visitors to . . . — — Map (db m251956) HM
On Wawbeek Avenue (New York State Route 30) 0.2 miles north of Raquette Lake Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Tupper Lake has grown from its roots as a logging town into a unique recreational destination located on the Raquette River. In the past, driving timber down the Raquette River was a major operation, and water needed to be dammed to run logs in the . . . — — Map (db m305601) HM
On Crossroads of the Adirondacks Trail 0.3 miles east of Cedar Street, on the left when traveling east.
Railroads have lasting impacts on natural landscapes.
This trail used to be a railroad. Railroad beds,
like road beds, are designed to drain water away
from the tracks, so there is usually an embankment
of crushed stone called "ballast" that . . . — — Map (db m251987) HM
