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Welcome to Tupper Lake
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Base Camp of the Adirondacks
and Home of The Wild Center
Tupper Lake is situated in just about the exact middle of the 6 million
acre
Adirondack Park. The town is easy to
reach because it's at the crossroads of the Adirondack (Rt 30) and Olympic
(Rt 3) Scenic Byways. Both roads more than earn their scenic designations.
Many people think the drive from Saranac Lake to Tupper on Route 3 is the
prettiest in the Adirondacks. A gentle rolling landscape of hills, lakes, ponds and streams makes
this the headquarters for the "10 Rivers Region". From within a 30 mile
distance in all directions one can explore the 10 major rivers that flow
from within the Adirondack Park:
Cold River
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Raquette
River -
Beaver River -
Marion River -
Oswegatchie River -
St. Regis
River -
Bog River
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Grass River -
Saranac
River.
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The town sits on the shore of nine-mile long
Tupper Lake
has a distinct
history of pioneers, loggers, and Adirondack Guides.
The railway arrived in Tupper in the 1890's and much of the modern town
was built in the boom years that followed. Tupper was the lumber capital
of New York in the early 1900s. You can see the huge site of the giant
mill that burned in a spectacular fire down on the lake shore. Today the
site is a public park, and home to local events, including the annual
Woodsmen Field Days festival where lumberjack skills are on display every
July.
Tupper Lake still has a mixture of businesses, including lumbering, and it
gives the town a distinct flavor. Tupper is a North-woods neighborhood,
with a dash of Quebecois influence from its lumberjack heritage. There's
even a part of town that locals call the French Village. If you're looking for a
place with small town friendliness where neighbor watches out for
neighbor, this is it.
Tupper's close knit community means it's home now to some major new
projects that got their start as grass roots efforts over a cup of coffee
at a downtown diner. Tupper is home to
The Wild Center, which got it's
start in just that way. It's a major new natural history museum where
the wild world of the Adirondacks opens before your eyes. The Museum,
which has garnered national attention, features live animals, including
river otters, birds, amphibians and fish. Exhibits include an indoor
waterfall and river, towering glacial ice wall, high-definition films and
wide-screen theater all set in a 31-acre campus.
The Adirondack
Public Observatory is coming to Tupper that will take
advantage of the old fashioned dark nights in the Adirondacks. The
observatory was featured on CNN recently. There's a beautiful historic
synagogue in town, and a restored old movie theater.
This area plays host to an exciting selection of special events, cultural
festivities, athletic competitions, and on-going activities that are
widely attended by visitors and locals. Whether you are a
canoe racer, veteran
triathlete racing in the annual Tin Man
event, fisherman or golfer there is always something happening in Tupper
Lake.
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