North Country At Work

Pictured are passengers posing aboard the boat Wanakena, which carried passengers from the depot at Wanakena to destinations around Cranberry Lake. Circa 1910. Cranberry Lake.

Pictured is “Helen” a steam motor launch owned by the Cranberry Lake Transportation Company. Three men are on the stern, including the captain. Helen traveled regularly between Wanakena and Cranberry Lake. Circa 1910. Cranberry Lake, NY.

Eureka steam launch and a crew of loggers posing on a dock holding logging tools (peaveys, double bitted axes and pikes) at dock equipped with a hand operated crane for loading logs and lumber onto boats. Circa 1890-1900, Herkimer County. Photo printed by Stratton Photo, Utica, NY

The “Fawn” steamship being loaded with baggage (including barrels and steamer trunks) from a luggage cart on a makeshift dock. A canoe is banked in front of the steamship. The “Fawn” traveled the Moose River from Minnehaha to Fulton Chain (Thendara) in the late 1800s. “Fawn” was owned by William Scott Decamp. Circa 1870-1880. Town […]

Caption on photo reads: Steamer “Fawn” which plied Moose River from Minnehaha to Fulton Chain (Thendara) in the late 1800s. “Fawn,” a sidewheeler steamboat, was owned by William Scott Decamp. Circa 1880-1890. Town of Webb, NY. Printed by Green Timber Studio of Thendara, NY.

An Adirondack guide standing on the edge of Twitchell Lake, holding a shotgun, with a deer in his guide boat. 1895. Twitchell Lake outside Big Moose in the Town of Webb. Photo taken by W.C.Nichols.

Frederica Carr and Roy Wilcox standing on a dock. Roy was a boat hand; he is holding a rope attached to the Pickle Boat. Circa 1938. Town of Webb, NY.

The three men are perched on the Old Forge Mail Boat. Pictured from left to right are Burt Youmans (or Jay Barker), Chauncy Covey, and Curly Erwin (the mail clerk). Circa 1901-1910. Old Forge, NY. Check out our North Country at Work story on early mail delivery in the Adirondacks.

Captain Jay Barker stands next to the Old Forge mail boat, on Old Forge Pond. The three other men may be deckhands. Circa 1901-1910. Old Forge, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on early mail delivery in the Adirondacks. 

Group of men in an Adirondack skiff. Circa 1890. Somewhere in the Adirondacks, most likely near or in Town of Webb.