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Forked Lake

Through The Fulton Chain of Lakes in 1877

May 9, 2022 by Dave Waite 4 Comments

1885 Stoddard Map of the Adirondack WildernessThe adventure began with an exchange of letters in the spring of 1877 between a sportsman in Syracuse, NY, and Byron P. Graves of Boonville, a town on the western border of the Adirondacks. The purpose of this correspondence was to hire a guide and transportation for a two-week hunting and fishing trip into the Fulton Chain of Lakes for the man and his 11-year-old son Ned.

The sportsman was Ansel Judd Northrup, a 43-year-old attorney who would later write the book, Camps and Tramps in the Adirondacks (1882), where this story was first told. The final communication from Northrup, in the form of a telegraph, simply read, “Engage Brinckerhoff, will reach Boonville, morning train, July 5th.” [Read more…] about Through The Fulton Chain of Lakes in 1877

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Boonville, Brown's Tract, Eagle Lake, Forked Lake, Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain, Herkimer COunty, Marion River, Moose River, Old Forge, paddling, Raquette Lake, Seventh Lake, Transportation History, Utica

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