1964 Map of Brainardsville

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Brainardsville serves as the primary hub in this mid-1960s landscape, where the Chateaugay River flows north toward the Canadian border. The settlement pattern is defined by the valley's water resources, notably at The Forge and the small upland clearing of Blairs Kiln. To the south, the terrain rises sharply into the Adirondack State Park, a densely wooded region marked by isolated water bodies like Figure Eight Pond and Lilypad Pond near Figure Eight Mountain. Genealogy researchers will find several family and community burial grounds, including Bigelow Cem, Merrill Cem, and Bunker Hill Cem, which dot the rural roadsides. The transition from the developed northern townships of Burke and Ellenburg to the State Forest Preserve illustrates the edge of the wilderness, where the Lower Chateaugay Lake narrows into the Chateaugay Narrows.