The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
Long Lake TO Indian Lake and Lake Pleas

Long Lake to indian Lake and Lake Pleas
ant.
From the latter point the valley Of the
Mohawk will be reached over two roads,
one %ned ending 49, a. H E1add ea a, and q. the ae, o ct her her at at
under the Highby-Armst rong act and will
be Of mat erial benefit to he resort and agri-
cultural interests Of the sparsely settled re-
gion.
While the resort and agrioult ural inter
ests of he region are fost cred, and there Is
positive development and impro vement it
is unquestionably he plan Of he State Fish,
Game and Forest Commission to convert { he
Adirondack Park into a reserve which will
copy in a modest way some of he national
reservations. The amendment to the Deer
Hunting law, by which the opening Of the
season is postponed I hirt y days-th his action
in he face Of actual increase in he number
of deer Is one Of the steps of the commits
sion to create in the North Woods a refuge
for fish and game and n grand camping
ground and park for the people.
TIL liberation Of moose end beaver are
OF her features Of he general scheme. while
efforts are made to expel from wit hin the
confines Of the Adirondack Park every dog
As dogs appear to have a fancy for deer, it is
purposed to get the dogs out Of he way.
The laws affecting the Adirondack Park
provide, first for recreation. u ting and
fishing: second, for the preservation and
prot eat ion Of he headwaters Of he 1t streams;
third. for a health resort and fourt h. for n
timber producing country. The state is
to-day devoting equal at tent ion to each one
If these ends.
Notably is there important work in prog
ress under the fourth clause. In the
region adjacent to Saranac Lake several
hundred thousand trees have been planted
on barren lands this year. These are in
addition to nearly as many more planted
one year ago.
The Adirondack region is one OF the
great natural parks set aside and preserved
in anticipation Of the needs of those who
live in the more thickly settled portions Of
the country, and is to serve the same pur-
pose for humanity generally that the smaller
breathing, places in a city do for the resi-
dents near by, The facilities for reaching
it and the accommodations for visitors are
unusually complete and excellent, for we'll
kept hotels exist in all the picturesque
localities, while the facilities for camping
are equal to any requirement.
In the Adirondack the recreations are as
varied as the character OF the region. For
tains there are endless excursions, for in
addition to good reads to all the principal
points there are iDnumerable trails which
traverse the forests and the mountains in
every direction.
In many localities the summer visitors
have made trails to points Of interest or
improved existing trails. At Lake Placid
some very important work is carried IN
under the auspices OF the Shore Owners
Association, which has a we'll organized
department for the care and maintenance
of trails. This spring all the trails leading
out Of Lake Placid we're blazed afresh and
the fallen timber and underbrush removed.
Each year as fast as funds accumulate
additional trails are opened.
In the Keene Valley region there is an
association which has been engaged for a
number of years in marking and clearing
no the trails. Its mans show many miles
of these woodland ways some OF them
covering journeys Of several days and
including the most rugged and beautiful
portions of the country. Among the ex-
cursions Of this nature are those to the
summit of Mount Marcy and through the
Indian Pass, both Of which are famous
and beautiful in the extreme.
Not the least Of the beauties and the
attra otions of the Adirondack region are
the numherless lakes and streams. The
country abounds IN these gems Of nature.
many Of them 80 little known as not to have
a name. These lakes afford boundless
variety in scenery, for no two are alike in
shape, setting or size, and each furnishes
material for a Q and different picture.
From the first these bodice Ct water have
been. the highways Of the region. They
weretfrst traversed by canoes paddlal hy
Indiaps t1en followed the special z6iRo&