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Louis Riel: A Canadian Rebel’s Exile in Northern New York

October 31, 2023 by Rebecca Rector Leave a Comment

Louis Riel in 1873 (Provincial Archives of Manitoba)Louis Riel (1844-1885) a founder of the province of Manitoba in Canada and a political leader of the Métis people (mixed Indigenous and European ancestry) at a time when they actively resisted the Northwest Territories integration into the Dominion of Canada in the late 1860s and 1870s. [Read more…] about Louis Riel: A Canadian Rebel’s Exile in Northern New York

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Canada, Catholicism, Clinton County, Cultural History, Essex County, French History, Glens Falls, Indigenous History, Keeseville, Military History, Montreal, Plattsburgh, Poetry, Political History, Quebec, Religious History

French Canadians in Northern New York: A Primer

October 10, 2023 by Rebecca Rector 4 Comments

Two French Canadian Renaud-King-Lavigne family members arm wrestling in Cohoes (Courtesy Siena College Je me Souviens)Although a few arrived in the 150 years before to exploit the region’s natural resources, French-speaking Canadians began settling in New York in larger numbers during and after the American Revolution (many as refugees from English power in Canada). [Read more…] about French Canadians in Northern New York: A Primer

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Canada, Catholicism, Clinton County, Cohoes, Cultural History, Essex County, Franklin County, French History, Genealogy, Glens Falls, Immigration, Keeseville, Labor History, Lewis County, Logging, malone, Mooers, New France, Patriot War of 1837-38, Plattsburgh, Quebec, Religious History, Rensselaer County, Schuylerville, Siena College, St Lawrence County, Troy, Warren County, Washington County, Waterford, watertown, Whitehall

Police Update Case Of Murdered Man Found in Ausable Chasm

September 12, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York State PoliceOn March 20, 2023, around 2:12 am, New York State Police responded to the AuSable Chasm Bridge on State Route 9 in the town of Chesterfield, Essex County, NY, for a suspicious death. When Troopers arrived on the scene, they located Kenneth C. Darrah, age 37 of Keeseville, NY, deceased on the riverbank on the north bank of the AuSable River. [Read more…] about Police Update Case Of Murdered Man Found in Ausable Chasm

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Ausable Chasm, Ausable River, Chesterfield, Clinton County, Crime and Justice, Essex County, Keeseville, Plattsburgh, State Police

The Geology of Clinton County and History

June 18, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Map of Clinton CountyThe geology of Clinton County has shaped the county’s history in complex ways. There are five major geologic rock types in the county, each mined for its beauty and strength. You can see them in the buildings. [Read more…] about The Geology of Clinton County and History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, Alice T. Miner Museum, Architecture, Ausable Chasm, Ausable Forks, Ausable River, Bluff Point Light House, Champlain Valley, Chateaugay, Chateaugay Lake, Chazy, Chazy Lake, Churubusco, clinton correctional facility, Clinton County, Clinton County Community College, Dannemora, Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Fossils, Geology, Historic Preservation, I-87, Iron Industry, Keeseville, Lake Champlain, Lyon Mountain, Mining, peru, Plattsburgh, Potsdam, Samuel de Champlain History Center, Town of Ausable, Transportation History

Rock Climbers Ticketed For Violating Falcon Closures

April 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

View of Poke O MoonshineDEC Forest Ranger Sarah Bode cited two rock climbers April 11 for climbing on routes at Poke O Moonshine that are temporarily closed to protect peregrine falcon nesting sites.

Bode issued tickets for Failure to Obey a DEC sign, returnable in the Town of Keeseville. The tickets were written to a 31-year-old man from Bernardsville, New Jersey, and a 32-year-old woman from New York City. [Read more…] about Rock Climbers Ticketed For Violating Falcon Closures

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: birding, birds, Crime and Justice, DEC, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, Keeseville, Peregrine Falcons, Poke O Moonshine, raptors, rock climbing

Spruce Beer: An Old Adirondack Favorite

April 15, 2017 by Lawrence P. Gooley 1 Comment

In keeping with last week’s spruce theme — Sprucelets: An Original Adirondack Medicine — is a look at one of the most common drinks in early Adirondack history: spruce beer. Like the aforementioned Sprucelets, it was believed to be of medicinal value due in part to its vitamin C content. Several evergreens share those same properties, and their use dates back centuries. [Read more…] about Spruce Beer: An Old Adirondack Favorite

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Food, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, beer, Clinton County, Culinary History, Essex County, Keeseville, Robert Rogers

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