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Acres. 



Upper Saranac Association. — Dr. Samuel B. Ward, President. Part of 

 Township 20, Great Tract 1, Macomb's Purchase, in the southern part 

 of Franklin County, at the north end of Upper Saranac Lake . . . 2,751 



Vilas Preserve. — E. A. Carpenter, owner. Parts of Townships 9 and 12, 

 Great Tract 2, Macomb's Purchase, in the eastern part of St. Lawrence 

 County . 18,075 



Wilderness Park. — W. S. De Camp, owner. Parts of Townships 1 and 7, 

 John Brown's Tract, in Hamilton and Lewis Counties. Contains Nick's, 

 Blackfoot and Gibbs Lakes and several ponds 29,567 



Wilmurt Club. — Hon. Titus Sheard, President. Part of Arthurboro 

 Patent, in the southwestern part of Hamilton County. Contains 

 Wilmurt Lake x >655 



Zack Lake Preserve. — Raquette Falls Land Company, owner. Part of 

 Township 27, Totten and Crossfield Purchase, in the western part 

 of Essex County. Zack Lake is on this preserve I ,7 2 5 



Total acreage 791,208 



The total area of the private preserves as given here is much less than that 

 shown in the list published by the Forest Commission in its annual report for 

 1893. This decrease is due to large sales made to the State and to lumber 

 companies. Since 1896 the State has purchased 75,000 acres from the Nehasane 

 Park Association; 35,932 acres from the Adirondack League Club, and 30,000 

 acres from the owners of the Santa Clara Preserve. 



In addition to the preserves mentioned in the foregoing list, there is a large 

 amount of forest property in the Adirondacks composed of small holdings — from 

 five acres to one hundred acres each — on which cottages, or "camps," as they are 

 called, have been erected. These summer residences, with their pretty boathouses 

 and other buildings, are often located at sightly points on the lakes — - particularly 

 the Raquette, Saranacs and St. Regis — where they form a never failing source of 

 interest to the tourist, as they represent large expenditures of money and are 

 models of good taste combined with solid comfort. They furnish employment 

 at high wages for a large number of people — ''house guides," servants and men 

 on private launches — and contribute in various other ways to the prosperity of 

 the region. Together with the "camps" on the larger private preserves, there are 

 at present 419 of these summer residences in the Adirondacks, costing from 



