1905 Map of Saint Regis

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Saranac Inn and the prominent Paul Smiths estate anchor this 1905 topographically detailed landscape in Franklin County, New York. The map reveals a complex Adirondack network of water and rail during the height of the Great Camp era, featuring the Upper Saint Regis Lake and Lake Clear watersheds. Early industrial and tourist transit is clearly defined by the New York and Ottawa River RR cutting through the western timberlands near Derrick and Brandon, while the Adirondack Division rail line services the growing resort community at Saranac Inn Sta.. From the heights of St Regis Mt. to the numerous smaller bodies like Quebec Pond and Slush Pond, the survey documents the precise hydrological and topographic character of the North Country before the widespread expansion of modern road networks.