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Camp Gabriels

Camp Gabriels: A Former Prison On ‘Forever Wild’ Land

June 30, 2020 by Peter Bauer 1 Comment

Camp Gabriels MapProtect the Adirondacks has reviewed the options for the future of the Camp Gabriels complex, a former state prison in the Town of Brighton in Franklin County in the northern Adirondack Park.  The site is located between Saranac Lake and Paul Smith’s just outside of Gabriels, in Franklin County.

The land that the prison complex was built upon is Forest Preserve, protected under NYS Constitution Article 14, Section 1 (the “Forever Wild” provision). The prison complex was part of a state purchase in 1982 of over 224 acres. This facility has been dormant since 2009 when the state closed the prison camp. [Read more…] about Camp Gabriels: A Former Prison On ‘Forever Wild’ Land

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Nature Tagged With: Article 14, Brighton, Camp Gabriels, Forest Preserve, Legal History, NYS Constitution, Protect the Adirondacks

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