Hey There Chateaugay Lake, Whazzup?

Vacationing on Chateaugay Lake

"Upper Chateaugay Lake from Merrill House Lawn" -- historical Adirondack postcard by UKNOWN

Bellmont Beach -- historical postcard by UNKNOWN

This is from way before my time, though an interesting shot. Now, the boathouse, and tennis court opposite the road are gone, and, sadly, the hotel is falling down slowly as inertia creeps along, giving

In 1976, when I was a teenager, I was a camp counselor at Tanager Lodge, located way out in the far distance of this photo. Ever so often, when we would canoe across the lake to socialize just down the

Chateaugay Lake Dam, Bellmont Forge

C. Fred Kirby, Banner House -- antique portrait by unknown

I scanned this from a photograph owned by the Bellows estate; this looks to be from the time of Millard and Kate Bellows, circa 1890s or later. However, the location appears to be looking northwest towards

Shoreline

Dam, Chateaugay Lake Outlet, Bellmont

This 16-fire Catalan Forge, owned by the Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., the largest of its kind in the world, produced pig iron ingots. The flume is located at the very right of this photo, taken after

This is my dad, circa 1955, up on the Figure Eight Mountain "lookout" promontory, where there's a spectacular view and dad's taking it all in. This is one of the places where words fail to suffice

Indian Point Hotel, by S. R. STODDARD

This image, from before circa 1890, was kindly loaned to me by descendants of the Bellows family. The skiffs tied to the dock were presumably constructed by boatbuilder Millard Bellows.

Ralph's, by S. R. STODDARD

Jack Clifford Camp a.k.a. "Five Chimneys", Chateaugay Lake, by UNKNOWN

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Boating in the Narrows