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  2. Camp Topridge - Wikipedia

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    Camp Topridge is an Adirondack Park Great Camp bought in 1920 and substantially expanded and renovated in 1923 by Marjorie Merriweather Post, founder of General Foods and the daughter of C. W. Post. The "camp", near Keese Mill, in the U.S. state of New York, was considered by Post to be a "rustic retreat"; it consisted of 68 buildings ...

  3. Camp Uncas - Wikipedia

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    Camp Uncas. /  43.74389°N 74.64806°W  / 43.74389; -74.64806. Camp Uncas is an Adirondack Great Camp, the second built by William West Durant for his own use. It lies on the shore of 110-acre (45 ha) Lake Mohegan, near Great Camp Sagamore, and was completed in two years. Previously Durant had built Camp Pine Knot, which he sold to ...

  4. William West Durant - Wikipedia

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    William West Durant. William West Durant (1850–1934) was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style, including Camp Uncas, Camp Pine Knot and Great Camp Sagamore which are National Historic Landmarks. He was the son of Thomas C. Durant, the financier and railroad promoter who was behind the Crédit Mobilier scandal .

  5. Great Camps - Wikipedia

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    The Great Camps of the Adirondack Mountains [1] refers to the grandiose family compounds of cabins that were built in the latter half of the nineteenth century on lakes in the Adirondacks such as Spitfire Lake and Rainbow Lake. The camps were summer homes for the wealthy, where they could relax, host or attend parties, and enjoy the wilderness.

  6. Adirondack Woodcraft Camps - Wikipedia

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    Adirondack Woodcraft Summer Camps is a co-ed, sleep-away summer camp in the Adirondack mountains in Old Forge, New York. [1] [2] Also known as AWC or Woodcraft, the camp was founded in 1925 by William Abbott. [3] [4] Abbott, with the backing of investors, bought the property after coming across two small lakes while scouting the area for New ...

  7. Prospect Point Camp - Wikipedia

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    Prospect Point Camp (now known as Saranac Village - A Young Life Camp) is an Adirondack Great Camp notable for its unusual chalets inspired by hunting lodges. William L. Coulter 's design is a significant example of the Adirondack Rustic style. It is located on a bluff overlooking the northern reaches of Upper Saranac Lake, near Eagle Island ...

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