

New York State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 1915, at the Post Office at Albany, New York 

 under the act of August 24, 1912 



Published monthly by The University of the State of New York 

 Nos. 213, 214 ALBANY, N. Y. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1918 



The University of the State of New York 

 New York State Museum 



JOHN M. CLARKE, DIRECTOR 



GEOLOGY OF THE SCHROON LAKE QUADRANGLE 



BY WILLIAM J. MILLER 



GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 



The Schroon Lake quadrangle l represents an area of approxi- 

 mately 215 square miles in the central-eastern portion of the Adi- 

 rondack mountain region. The territory is all in Essex county 

 except the southern margin, which lies in Warren county. All the 

 quadrangle is rugged, moderately mountainous, and mostly a 

 wilderness, in these respects being quite typical of the 10,000 square 

 miles of the Adirondack region. 



The southern half of the quadrangle is less rugged than the 

 northern and contains several farms, roads and villages. Schroon 

 Lake, the largest village, is a well-known summer resort situated 

 near the northern end of the lake of the same name. The other 

 principal villages are Minerva, Olmstedville, South Schroon and 

 Adirondack. 



No railroad enters the quadrangle, the nearest being the Adi- 

 rondack branch of the Delaware and Hudson with stations at 

 Riverside and North Creek in the northern portion of the quad- 

 rangle next to the south. 



The northern half of the quadrangle is notably more mountain- 

 ous and less settled, there being but one traveled highway (the 

 Newcomb and Port Henry road) across it. All the permanent 

 settlements of the northern portion of the quadrangle, including 

 the little village of Blue Ridge, are located on this road. 



1 See map in pocket of back cover of this bulletin. 



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