North Country At Work

Mickey Sammons, teacher and staff member, leads singing inside the dining hall at Northern Frontier, a Christian Service Brigade summer camp. Circa 1980s. North River, NY.

Camp Nurse June McKenney gives a health and safety orientation to the staff of Northern Frontier, a Christian Service Brigade camp. Circa 1980s. North River, NY.

June McKenney (right) with a camper at Northern Frontier, a Christian Service Brigade camp. They stand in front of the Health Hut, which June ran as the camp nurse. Circa 1980s. North River, NY.

Mountain House/Home, after it was rebuilt when the original burned down. It was a hotel in the hamlet of Windfall run by J.W. MacAleese. Circa 1910-1920. Town of Clifton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum. The year before Carol Opdyke’s sophomore year of college, she lived with family in Cranberry Lake and […]

Roger Dake, caretaker and fisherman, with the rabbits he killed and his long gun tucker under his right arm. Donated by Everett Thomas. Oak Point, NY.

Passenger steamboat on the Saint Lawrence River. Circa 1910-1915. Hammond, NY.

Children compete in a 4-H sheep grooming competition at the Gouverneur Fair. Competitors (left to right): Allison Root, Karen Rizzo, Micah Neuroth. Around 1990. Gouverneur, NY.

Nate Hosley was born in Long Lake and recently moved back after living in California. He owns hotels and restaurants with his two brothers and a college friend. They bought the Park and the Longview Lodge in 2017, and they’re working on renovating them to fit their modern Adirondack vision. Interviewed on May 31, 2018. […]

Listen to Bill Moore talk about running a Bed and Breakfast from his home. Recorded May 31, 2018. Long Lake, NY.  

Guide in guideboats with passengers on Raquette Lake. Circa 1890-1910. Raquette Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives. Listen to Frank Pine, Long Lake resident, talk about guide boats in the Adirondacks, recorded in May 2018 in Long Lake.