IV 



RECREA TION. 



hunting Grounds of the Gast 



IT is doubtful if the full extent of the Adirondacks wilderness is realized, even by those 

 who are annually attracted by the unsurpassed opportunities they afford to sportsmen 



and seekers for recreation and rest. No one has traversed their entire territory, which 

 consists of 3,500,000 squares acres and between 1,400 and 1,800 rivers, lakes, and ponds. 

 Few people are familiar with the sights outside of the beaten paths, save an occasional 

 weather-beaten guide. 



The Adirondacks have long deen recognized as the Sportsman's Paradise of the East. 

 Deer is plentiful, and, under the direction of experienced guides, even the effort of the 

 amateur hunter is generally successful. As for fishing, the Adirondacks boast of the best 

 trout streams in the world. Twenty-five years ago this great Northern forest was known 

 only to a few sportsmen, who bravely bore a tedious ride from Ausable Forks, where the 

 railroad ended, in order to reach a place where hunting could be had. To-day things are 

 changed. The railroad facilities have been materially improved, and it is now possible to 



reach, either by the Mohawk & Malone Railroad from Childwold Station, or by the Rome, 

 Watertown & Ogden Railroad from Potsdam, the best hunting ground — St, Lawrence 

 County, situated in the heart of the wilderness. 



That it is entitled to the palm as the finest hunting section, the number of shooting 

 lodges bears testimony. No other part of the mountains is so anxiously sought for by 

 sporting clubs. These are not close enough to be sure, to rub elbows, but many of the 

 vast grounds are already pre-empted, and even new organizations find it difficult to secure 

 suitable lands. It requires no second sight for a man to discover, now, that Adirondack 

 game preserves are not only a good investment, but the party who wants to be in at the 

 round-up, and who desires to place his finger on the trigger when the game season opens 

 must either be interested in some well-established game preserve, or be content to sit on 

 the piazza of some hotel and pluck pond lilies near the shore. 



The National Bank of Potsdam is the owner of several of the few remaining tracts 

 suitable for preserves, of which the following is a brief description : 



