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Lake Placid

Salt Survey Being Conducted By Ausable River Association

March 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake courtesy Ausable River AssociationThe Ausable River Association’s (AsRA) has released a salt use survey for residents, businesses, and independent contractors in Lake Placid, with emphasis on Mirror Lake. Developed in partnership with the Adirondack Watershed Institute, the survey is essential to determining the amount of salt entering Mirror Lake and the Chubb River. [Read more…] about Salt Survey Being Conducted By Ausable River Association

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Ausable River Association, Chubb River, Essex County, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, nature, pollution, road salt, Transportation, water quality

A History of Snowmobile Racing in New York State

January 20, 2022 by John Warren 3 Comments

early Adirondack snowmobile raceIn the motor toboggan era – the time before the advent of the modern snowmobiles we know today – motor sleds had been too slow for racing excitement. As a result they remained strictly utilitarian vehicles racing only occasionally for promotional purposes. Motor toboggan and later snowmobile maker Polaris traveled each year at the end of the 1950s to trapper festivals at The Pas, Manitoba where they helped organize ad hoc races.

“We tried to rig them a little bit so we had a zig-zag effect,” David Johnson said, remembering one of the first informal races, “one guy ahead, and then the other, and so on, at a terrific speed of about 20 miles per hour.” In February 1959, Johnson won the first organized men’s race on an oval at The Pas and in 1960, the first cross-country race was held there. [Read more…] about A History of Snowmobile Racing in New York State

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, Boonville, Canada, Cranberry Lake, Essex County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Herkimer COunty, Lake George, Lake Placid, malone, Old Forge, Oneida County, Saranac Lake, Saratoga County, Snowmobile History, snowmobiling, sports, Sports History, St Lawrence County, Town of Webb, Transportation History, Tupper Lake, Warren County, winter, winter sports

Lake Placid Speed Skating Oval Renovations Complete; Free Skating Jan 6th

December 23, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval courtesy Wikimedia user LunchboxLarryThe New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) has announced that after a 10-month construction project, the 400-meter James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval at the Olympic Center has reopened to the public.

The Speed Skating Oval was dedicated to James C. “Bunnie” Sheffield by the Olympic Organizing Committee in 1978. Sheffield was inducted into the National Speed Skating Hall of Fame in 1971, and his inspiration contributed to the organization and promotion of winter sports, including the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid. [Read more…] about Lake Placid Speed Skating Oval Renovations Complete; Free Skating Jan 6th

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Lake Placid, Lake Placid Olympic Museum, Olympic History, ORDA, Speed Skating

Salt Survey Planned For Lake Placid, Chubb River Watershed

December 22, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake provided by AsRAThe Ausable River Association (AsRA) will distribute a salt use survey this winter to residents, businesses, and independent contractors in Lake Placid, Essex County, NY.

Developed with the Adirondack Watershed Institute, the survey hopes to determine the amount of salt entering Mirror Lake and the Chubb River. [Read more…] about Salt Survey Planned For Lake Placid, Chubb River Watershed

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Ausable River Association, Chubb River, Lake Placid, nature, pollution, road salt, water quality

Mirror Lake Water Quality Report Released

December 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake (courtesy Ausable River Association)This week, the Ausable River Association released their fifth annual report on Mirror Lake at Lake Placid in the Adirondacks in partnership with Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute.

The technical brief focuses on data collected throughout the 2020 field season and documents the effects of road salt runoff entering the lake. The lake completed turnover in spring and fall of 2020 after a mild 2019-2020 winter season. This was the first time spring turnover occurred since 2016. [Read more…] about Mirror Lake Water Quality Report Released

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondack Watershed Institute, Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, Ausable River Association, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, water quality

Lake Placid Olympic Museum Joins Olympic Museums Network

November 1, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lake Placid Olympic MuseumThe Lake Placid Olympic Museum was confirmed by the general assembly of the Olympic Museums Network as their newest member.

The vote followed a presentation by Alison Haas, Lake Placid Olympic Museum’s director, on the nonprofit’s work to expand access to the world’s second largest collection of Winter Olympic artifacts. [Read more…] about Lake Placid Olympic Museum Joins Olympic Museums Network

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Lake Placid, Lake Placid Olympic Museum

Travel Unity​ Summit in Lake Placid, Virtually Nov. 5-6

October 31, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Travel Unity SummitTravel Unity will host its 2021 Summit both online and in-person, with virtual sessions taking place October 27th through 29th, and live sessions in Lake Placid, NY on November 5th and 6th. This year’s theme is “How to Practice Applied DEI.”

DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. [Read more…] about Travel Unity​ Summit in Lake Placid, Virtually Nov. 5-6

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Lake Placid, Travel Unity

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Focus of Upcoming Tourism Event

October 13, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Travel Unity SummitTravel Unity will host its 2021 Summit both online and in-person, with virtual sessions taking place October 27th through 29th, and live sessions in Lake Placid, on November 5th and 6th. This year’s theme is “How to Practice Applied DEI” (diversity, equity, and inclusion). [Read more…] about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Focus of Upcoming Tourism Event

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: diversity, Lake Placid

New Adirondack History Book About The Northville-Placid Trail

August 10, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

From Northville to Placid: Place Names of New York's Oldest Long TrailThe new book From Northville to Placid: Place Name History of New York’s Oldest Long Trail (Beechwood Books, 2021) by Erik Schlimmer, with foreword by James Appleton, features historical accounts of seventy of the named features along this 138-mile path through the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about New Adirondack History Book About The Northville-Placid Trail

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Books, Essex County, Fulton County, hiking, Lake Placid, Northville, Northville-Placid Trail

New York’s Olympic Bobsled Track: Some History

August 2, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1932 Lake Placid Bobsled Track ConstructionThe 1932 and 1980 Olympic bobsled track, located on Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., is on The National Register of Historic Places.

Clearing for the original one and a half, 26-curve course began in August 1930 and the track, specifically built for the 1932 winter games, was open to the public just 148 days later on Christmas Day 1930. [Read more…] about New York’s Olympic Bobsled Track: Some History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Essex County, Lake Placid, National Register of Historic Places, Olympic History, OPRHP, Sports History

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