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Adirondack Mountains

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Adirondack Mountains

The Adirondack mountain range is a group of mountains in the northeastern part of New York that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, and Warren counties. The mountains are often included by geographers in the Appalachian Mountains, but they pertain geologically to the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. They are bordered on the east by Lake Champlain and Lake George, which separate them from the Green Mountains in Vermont. They are bordered to the south by the Mohawk Valley and to the west by the Tug Hill Plateau, separated by the B ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia II - Adirondack Mountains - History

Algonquian and Mohawk Indians used the Adirondacks for hunting and travel, but they had no settlements in the area. Samuel de Champlain sailed up the Saint Lawrence and Rivière des Iroquois near what would become Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in 1609, and thus may have been the first European to encounter the Adirondacks. Jesuit missionaries and French trappers were among the first Europeans to visit the region, as early as 1642. Part of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was played out on the edge of the Adirondacks. The British ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Adirondack State Park

The Adirondack State Park, also known as the Adirondack Park is a large state park in northeast New York. It is the largest state park in the United States, covering a land area about the size of Massachusetts, although more than half the land within is privately owned, including several villages and hamlets and Adirondack Regional Airport. Adirondack State Park - Park Boundaries. The Adirondack Park boundary, commonly referred to as the "Blue Line," contains the entire Adirondack Mountain range as w ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Cayuga County New York

Cayuga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It was named for one of the tribes of Indians in the Iroquois Confederation. Its county seat is Auburn. Cayuga County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Cayuga County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was red ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Canadian Shield

The Canadian Shield is a large craton in eastern and central Canada and adjacent portions of the United States, composed of bare rock dating to the Precambrian Era (between 4.5 billion and 540 million years ago). It is also called the Precambrian Shield, Laurentian Shield, or Laurentian Plateau. Canadian Shield - Regional extent. Other than the Greenland section, the Shield is approximately circular, with Hudson Bay in the middle. It covers much of Greenland; Labrador; most of Q ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia II - Adirondack State Park - History

The thinking that was to lead to the creation of the Park first appeared in George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature, published in 1865. Marsh argued that deforestation could lead to desertification: referring to the clearing of once-lush lands surrounding the Mediterranean, he asserted "the operation of causes set in action by man has brought the face of the earth to a desolation almost as complete as that of the moon." The idea for the Park itself first occurred to surveyor Verplanck Colvin in 1870 while taking in the view from ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Chemung County New York

Chemung County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 91,070. Its name is derived from the name of a Delaware Indian village (meaning "big horn"). Its county seat is Elmira. Chemung County likes to refer to itself as "Mark Twain Country" because of the many years the author lived and wrote in Elmira. Chemung County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Chemung County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Wayne County New York

Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 93,765. The county seat is Lyons. The name is in honor of General Anthony Wayne, who fought the Indian tribes and won a victory, leading to a 1794 treaty that assured western New York State to the United States of America. Wayne County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Wayne County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Chautauqua County New York

Chautauqua County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 139,750. Its name is a contraction of a Seneca Indian word meaning "where the fish was taken out." Its county seat is Mayville. Chautauqua County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Chautauqua County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in th ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Broome County New York

Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 200,536. It was named in honor of John Broome, who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established. Its county seat is Binghamton, which is also its major city. Broome County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Broome County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Cattaraugus County New York

Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population was 83,955. The county name comes from a Seneca Indian word meaning "bad smelling banks," referring to the odor of natural gas which leaked from seams in rock formations. The county seat is Little Valley. Cattaraugus County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Cattaraugus County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern par ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Yates County New York

Yates County is a county located in the state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 24,621. The county seat is Penn Yan. The name is in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who as Governor of New York signed the act establishing the county. Yates County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Yates County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theo ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Chenango County New York

Chenango County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 51,401. Its name is from an Onondaga word meaning "large bull-thistle." Its county seat is Norwich. Chenango County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Chenango County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pa ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia II - Adirondack State Park - Park Boundaries

The Adirondack Park boundary, commonly referred to as the "Blue Line," contains the entire Adirondack Mountain range as well as some surrounding areas. The park includes all of Hamilton and Essex counties, as well as considerable portions of Clinton, Franklin, Herkimer, St. Lawrence and Warren counties and small sections of Fulton, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga and Washington counties as well. (The Clinton County towns of Altona and Dannemora, despite being entirely within the park boundary are specifically excluded from the park by statute, ho ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Wyoming County New York

Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 43,424. The county seat is Warsaw. The name is from a modified Delaware Indian word meaning "broad bottom lands." Wyoming County was formed from Genesee County in 1841. Wyoming County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Wyoming County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the pre ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - New York

Hillary Clinton (D) New York is a state in the northeastern United States. It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City, the most populous city in both the state and the nation. Due to the preponderance of the population concentrated in the southern portion around New York City, the state is often regionalized into Upstate and Downstate. New York's postal abbreviation is NY. New York - History. Main articleIncluding:

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States of America defined by the US Census Bureau. The Northeast is bordered to the north by Canada, to the west by the Midwest, to the south by the South, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Its largest city, New York City, is also the largest city and metropolitan area in the United States. As defined by the Census Bureau, the Northeast region of the United States covers nine states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Cortland County New York

Cortland County is a county located in the state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 48,599. The county seat is Cortland. The name is in honor of Pierre Van Cortlandt (despite the difference in spelling), president of the convention at Kingston that wrote the first New York State Constitution in 1777 and first lieutenant governor of the state. Cortland County New York - History. Cortland County New York - Early history. Located in the glaciated Appalachian Plateau area of ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Allegany County New York

Allegany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 49,927. Its name derives from a Delaware Indian word, applied by settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegany (Allegheny) River. Its county seat is Belmont. Allegany County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Allegany County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as wel ...

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Adirondack Mountains: Encyclopedia - Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains are a vast system of North American mountains, partly in Canada, but mostly in the United States, extending as a zone, from 100 to 300 miles wide, running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 1500 miles south-westward to central Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. The system is divided into a series of ranges, with the individual mountains averaging around 3000 ft. The highest of the group is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina (2,040m ...

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