Blue Mountain Lake (New York)
| Blue Mountain Lake | |
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 Blue Mountain Lake from Blue Mountain | |
| Location | Adirondacks, Indian Lake, Hamilton County, New York, US |
| Coordinates | 43°51′40″N 74°27′29″W / 43.86111°N 74.45806°WCoordinates: 43°51′40″N 74°27′29″W / 43.86111°N 74.45806°W |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 2.5 mi (4.0 km) |
| Max. width | 1.25 mi (2.01 km) |
| Surface area | 1,280 acres (520 ha) |
| Shore length1 | 8.5 mi (13.7 km) |
| Surface elevation | 1,790 ft (550 m) |
| Islands | 10 |
| Settlements | Blue Mountain Lake (hamlet) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Blue Mountain Lake is a 1,280-acre (520 ha) lake in Hamilton County in the central Adirondacks; Blue Mountain Lake is the eastern end of the Eckford chain of lakes. The hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake lies on its southeastern shore and the Adirondack Museum looks down from high above its eastern shore. It has been a popular vacation destination since the mid-19th century.
History
The Blue Mountain Lake House was built in 1874 by John G. Holland. Soon after, an earlier resident, Miles Tyler Merwin, enlarged his log cabin on a spur of Blue Mountain overlooking the lake into the Blue Mountain house; the Log Hotel is now on the grounds of the Adirondack Museum. In 1881, Frederick C. Durant, cousin of William West Durant, built the Prospect House, the most luxurious hotel then existing in the Adirondacks; it was the first hotel in the world to have electric light in every room.[1]
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Prospect House, 1889
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The Log Hotel on Blue Mountain Lake, at the Adirondack Museum
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Small steamboat TOWAHLOONDAH - 1889 - S R Stoddard
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Boat carrying tourists, 1911
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Blue Mountain Lake from the Adirondack Museum
References
- ↑ Donaldson, Alfred L. History of the Adirondacks, New York: The Century Co., 1921, p. 103