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1990 Map of Wells

Name: 1990 Topographic Map of Wells
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Speculator and the surrounding high country of the Adirondack Park define this 1990 survey of Hamilton County. The landscape is dominated by a complex network of glacial water bodies, from the broad Sacandaga Lake and Lake Pleasant to smaller, more secluded waters like Lake Chartreuse and Oxbow Lake. Settlement is concentrated along the river valleys, notably at Wells where the Sacandaga River feeds into Lake Algonquin.

Evidence of the area's recreational development is clear, with a Golf Course and a dedicated Snowmobile Trail winding through the timber. Numerous family-named peaks, such as Dunham Mountain, Rogers Mtn, and Pettit Mtn, suggest a history of local land use and surveying. For genealogists, the map identifies small clusters of habitation at Gilmantown and various isolated Cem locations throughout the township boundaries of Arietta and Wells.