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no formidable obstacles are presented in approaching the establishment; 
that is, there are no mountain barriers to prevent access, either by good 
common roads, or by rail roads, on which locomotives may be propel- 
led by steam. The height of the village of Mclntyre above the level 
of the sea, as ascertained by barometrical measurement, is about 1800 
feet. This height is about the uniform level of the table land, of the 
north section of the State. When overcome, we may travel over a great 
extent of country, either by ordinary modes, or by canoes, batteaux, &c. 
by means of the lakes, which are here and there spread out, and which 
are connected more or less together by their outlets, and which are also 
nearly on uniform levels. By lakes and their outlets through low passes 
between the hills, we may pass to the larger lakes, to the southwest, 
viz : Long and Racket lakes. This may be considered an important 
fact, for it leads to an immense extent of wooded lands of the best kinds, 
and which would be of great importance to the Adirondack works, if 
they were not already surrounded by forests. This consideration, how- 
ever, serves to dispel all fear in relation to the ultimate failure of fuel. 
The timber of the higher mountain tract, is spruce, pine and balsam ; 
of the lower, a mixture of spruce, pine, larch, cedar, maple, beech, 
birch, with a little ash and hemlock ; intermixed, are lesser patches of 
entirely hard wood. The whole country, except the higher mountains, 
may be considered as heavily timbered, for though the growth is not so 
large as on the rich alluvial bottoms of the western part of the State, 
yet, the trees are more numerous, and would furnish nearly an equal 
amount of wood to the acre. 
SECTION XXXII. 
Adirondack River. 
The Adirondack river rises in two principal branches, in a north and 
northeasterly direction from the village of Mc Intyre. The northeast- 
erly one is, between 4 and 5 miles in length ; and the northerly is full 
5 miles long, and takes its origin in the great Adirondack pass. The 
branches form a junction at the above named village, and from thence 
pursue a southerly course for 7 miles, when they mingle their waters 
with the Opalescent river. The Adirondack in its course, flows 
through two important lakes, the upper one is, Lake Henderson, which 
is two miles long, and from 40 to 160 rods in width, the lower, is 
Lake Sandford, and is about 5 miles long, and from 20 to 100 rods in 
width. 
