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1904 Map of Long Lake

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Long Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1914
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1914

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The Raquette River dominates this landscape, serving as a vital corridor for both timber and travel through the central Adirondacks. The convergence of the N. Y. C. and H. R. R. R. and the New York and Ottawa R. R. at Tupper Lake Junc highlights the era's reliance on rail to access the interior forests. Settlements like Faust and Brooklyn appear as early hubs of activity near the expanding Tupper Lake village.

Further south, the Steamboat Route on Long Lake connects remote landings and camps, such as the Island House and the private Canohnawauga Club. The map reveals a transition from industrial resource extraction, evidenced by the Cooperage and various Camps, to a budding recreation economy represented by Rustic Lodge and Coreys. Elevations such as Mt. Morris and Kempshall Mt. rise sharply above a dense network of ponds, including Follensby Pond and Duck Lake, which defined the local geography before modern road development.