GAME AND FISH RESORTS. Ill 



NEW YORK. 



New York embraces an area of 47,000 square miles and has a 

 population of 4,705,208. 



The eastern and north-eastern sections are mountainous, the cen- 

 tral portion rolling, and the western part consists of broad plains 

 and fertile river valleys. The surface of the State is further diver- 

 sified by a noble river system and by many picturesque lakes, most 

 of them navigable for steamers. The steamboat, railroad and 

 highway communication is, as a rule, very perfect, and the hotel 

 system generally complete. Though early settled, the State still 

 affords, especially in its wilder portions, abundant sport for the 

 hunter and angler. The mountains are the haunts of large game ; 

 the Atlantic coast, and the inland lakes are excellent wild fowl shoot- 

 ing grounds, and the salt water and fresh water fishing comprises 

 great variety. The north-eastern counties, known as the Adiron- 

 dack region, have acquired a national celebrity for their wild beauty 

 of scenery and their many inducements to the seeker of recreation 

 and sport. 



The Adirondack Region of Northern New York, comprising 

 an area of seventy-five miles square, is usually divided into nine 

 sections : John Brown's Tract, extending across Herkimer and into 

 Hamilton County on the east, and Lewis County on the west ; the 

 Oswegatchie and Grass River Regions, which are included in the 

 south-eastern portion of St. Lawrence County ; the Chateaugay 

 Woods, occupying the central part of Franklin County and the 

 south-western portion of Clinton County ; the St. Regis Woods, 

 lying in Franklin County ; the Saranac Region, embracing the 

 southern portion of Franklin County, the southern corner of St. Law- 

 rence County, and the northern borders of Hamilton County ; the 

 Adirondack and Hudson River Regions, comprising nearly the 

 whole of Essex County with the northern portion of Warren County ; 

 t'he Racquette and Long Lake Regions make up the northern half 

 of Hamilton County; the Garoga Lake Region, included in the' 

 northern part of Fulton County ; the Lakes Pleasant and Piseco 

 Regions included in the southern half of Hamilton County. 



For camping in the Adirondacks, full outfits may generally be 

 secured at the principal points of entry into the Wilderness. Guides 

 are necessary, and reliable men are always to be procured ($2.50 

 to $3 per day). They furnish boat, axe, etc. Boats may be hired 

 for 50 cts. per day. The expenses of living in the woods need not 

 exceed $2 per man each day 



There are eight routes which may be designated- as the prin- 

 cipal entries into the different sections of the Wilderness : First — 

 From the south-west, via Boonville, on the Utica and Black River 

 Railroad, a wagon road leads into the John Brown Tract to Arnold's 



