This photo is of Sagamore Stream; Star Photo @Cercis ; Uploaded to Google Maps on March 2020; Captured with an iPhone camera on September 2017; Photo Views (798,868) on August 30, 2022.
This photo of a tiny, pristine stream allows me to mentally escape into a northeast New York state forest. It beckons me in my imagination during winter cold to take off my boots and wade upstream to hidden Sagamore Lake.
Tiny and hidden aptly describe many other streams and lakes in the vast Adirondack Park Preserve. Here in the secret places, rovers are apt to see more wildlife than people. A favorite way to indulge my love of these woods is by staying at Great Camp Sagamore, built on a small peninsula into its mountain lake.
Three dozen of these fascinating camps are scattered throughout Adirondack Park. Constructed in the late 1800s by wealthy New Yorkers seeking to escape the city heat, most have survived environmental deprivation. Most camps are private but open for tours, and a few host Adirondack-based programs and overnight stays.
The Adirondack Forest Preserve, aka Adirondack Park, was voted into being by NY State citizens in1884, stating that 2.5 million acres of forest land be used by “all the people forever,” and this land was designated as “forever wild” in 1895.
No, not First Nations, but of solid Polish-American descent.
My family, husband at the University of Nebraska on a visiting professorship, three children - 4, 6, & 8, and I spent a year during the 1970s, living in Lincoln, Nebraska. We spent weekends and holidays exploring Nebraska including learning a lot about the Native American culture in that area.
I learned about Black Elk during that time. He was an important member, teacher, and some say a holy man of the Oglala Lakota people. His writings are beginning to appear again here in the eastern U.S.
That year took all of us out of our comfort zone and was a time of great learning - and photography - for me.
The Adirondack Park is a blessing, and the New York State citizens responsible for its establishment in the 1800s were very far-reaching in their thinking.
The Adirondack (Park) Forest Preserve is not in NY City but is over 200 miles north, with an automobile drive of three to four hours.
No, not First Nations, but of solid Polish-American descent.