Sailing, canoeing, yachting, boat racing and regattas, and just plain rowing your own boat will attract thousands of victory vacationists this year to New York State where this type of sport is unequalled for its diversity. All of New York State's vacation regions contribute their share of water-fun for the pleasure bent vacationist whether it is cruising on the Great Lakes, Chautauqua Lake, Lake Champlain, Lake George, the Hudson's waters in asteamer, or packing a canoe over the picaresque trails of the Adirondacks.

 

 

The diversity of boating in the Empire State ranges from a flatboat ride on Lake of Venus at Howe Cavern, 200 feet below the surface of the earth, to a cruise on the highest navigated lake east of the Rocky Mountains, Chautauqua Lake, 1,300 feet above sea level.  Unrivaled opportunities for boating and canoeing are offered by the lake regions of the Adirondacks. A variety of 1,700 lakes and countless miles of little streams extend from the southeast to the northwest through the heart of the Adirondacks forest. One of the most popular water sports here is a canoe trip from Old Forge in Herkimer County, at the foot of the Fulton Chain of Lakes, thru various lakes and streams and the upper reaches of Raquett River to either Tupper Lake, Saranac Inn, Paul Smith's or Saranac Lake. In addition to this natural setting for boating, the Adirondacks abound in superb vacation spots at which the sportsmen may stop.

Just north of the popular Adirondacks is the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence Region, known to vacationists the world over as "Nature's Wonderland." More than 1,700 islands set like gems in the broad expanse of the St. Lawrence River where it merges with Lake Ontario make this area a boating-vacationland of unexcelled beauty.  State Parks, small fishing villages, and numerous bays and inlets make the area ideal for boating, bathing, and fishing.

Lake Placid News 1946

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Aurora Ramsay works in the Brewster Research Library at the Adirondack History Center Museum in Elizabethtown.

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