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| 1. Mitchell Sabattis A number of Native Americans were among the early Adirondack guides, and Mitchell Sabattis of Long Lake was one of most famous. "Sabattis was short and slight of stature, but with exceptional strength and endurance," wrote Ruth Timm, author of North Country Tales, Truths and Trivia. "He was gentle and unassuming, and unexcelled as a woodsman. Throughout his life he was an expert guide and his services were regularly sought after." |
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| 2. "Old Nessmuk" George Washington Sears He was a sportswriter for Forest and Stream magazine in the 1880s and an early conservationist. His stories, appearing under the pen name, "Nessmuk" popularized self-guided canoe camping tours of the Adirondack lakes in open, lightweight solo canoes and what is today called ultralight camping. |
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3. Asher Winch Asher N Winch was an Upper Jay guide. Here is Asher with a Lynx which he trapped near Upper Jay sometime near the year 1917 |
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Chester McCaffery Chester was a St Regis
Lake guide and worked out of the Paul Smiths Hotel, Upper and Lower Saranac
Lakes and was a member of the Adirondack Guides Association
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| 5. Alvah Dunning known as the Hermit Guide of Raquette Lake, was a simple man who searched for seclusion and privacy his whole life," wrote Ruth Timm. "His reputation as an expert woodsman and skilled hunter made him one of the more popular guides of his time. Sportsmen traveled from everywhere to meet and be guided by this legendary figure |
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John Burton (far left) and Henry Courtney (far right) at a bark shanty on T-lake with sports George and Hobe Casler in
Hamilton County, 1899.
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7.. Orson Schofield "Old Mountain Phelps" (1817–1905), who cut the first trail up Mount Marcy and named several of the Adirondack peaks. |
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| 8. John Plumbley was Adirondack Murry's guide. His nickname was "Honest John" His father was one of the first residents of Long Lake. |
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Caleb Chase from Newcomb Caleb Chase with his 1873 Model Winchester. He was a well know Newcomb Guide who was also known for craftsmanship in Making Adirondack Guide-boats
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