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  The 
  Adirondack 
  park. 
  The 
  Adirondack 
  park 
  is 
  situated 
  within 
  

   the 
  Forest 
  preserve. 
  It 
  is 
  defined 
  as 
  : 
  

  

  Lands 
  now 
  owned 
  or 
  hereafter 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  within 
  

   the 
  county 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  ; 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Newcomb, 
  Minerva, 
  Schroon, 
  

   Xorth 
  Hudson, 
  Keene, 
  North 
  Elba, 
  Saint 
  Armand 
  and 
  Wilming- 
  

   ton, 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Essex; 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Harrietsrtown, 
  Santa 
  

   Clara, 
  Altamont, 
  Waverly 
  and 
  Brighton 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Franklin 
  ; 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Wilmurt 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Herkimer; 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  

   Hopkington, 
  Colton, 
  Clifton 
  and 
  Fine, 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  St 
  Law- 
  

   rence; 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Johnsburgh, 
  Stony 
  Creek 
  and 
  Thurman, 
  and 
  

   the 
  islands 
  in 
  Lake 
  George, 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Warren 
  

   shall 
  constitute 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  park. 
  Such 
  park 
  shall 
  be 
  forever 
  

   reserved, 
  maintained 
  and 
  cared 
  for 
  as 
  ground 
  open 
  for 
  the 
  free 
  use 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  people 
  for 
  their 
  health 
  and 
  pleasure 
  and 
  as 
  forest 
  lands, 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  rivers 
  

   of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  a 
  future 
  timber 
  supply; 
  and 
  shall 
  remain 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  Forest 
  preserve. 
  1 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  foregoing 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  Forest 
  preserve 
  is 
  

   much 
  more 
  extensive 
  than 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  park. 
  The 
  Adirondack 
  

   park, 
  as 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  accompanying 
  map, 
  includes 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   Hamilton, 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  Warren, 
  Herkimer, 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  Franklin 
  

   and 
  Essex 
  counties, 
  and 
  includes 
  2,807,760 
  acres 
  (4387 
  square 
  

   miles), 
  or 
  about 
  one-eleventh 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  In 
  

   1893 
  the 
  lands 
  within 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  park 
  were 
  classified, 
  lot 
  by 
  

   lot, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  result 
  : 
  

  

  Acres 
  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Primeval 
  forest 
  1,575,483 
  2,461.7 
  

  

  Lumbered 
  forest 
  1,027,955 
  1,606.2 
  

  

  Denuded: 
  50,050 
  78.2 
  

  

  Burned 
  *. 
  13,430 
  21.0 
  

  

  Waste 
  18,526 
  28.9 
  

  

  Water 
  57,104 
  89.2 
  

  

  Wild 
  meadows 
  495 
  . 
  8 
  

  

  Improved 
  64,717 
  101.1 
  

  

  Total 
  2,807,760 
  4,387.1 
  

  

  ^kap. 
  332, 
  laws 
  of 
  1S93. 
  

  

  