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The following
text is from Seneca Ray Stoddard's book "The Adirondacks"
"TUPPER LAKE
HOUSE is on the west shore of the lake near its south end. It is about 35
miles, as the way goes, from Saranac Lake (station), and can be reached
from that direction during the summer only by boat. After June 1st a daily
mail is carried via Bartlett's and the Sweeney Carry. Passengers leaving
New York at 7:30 p.m. can reach the Tupper Lake House at about 8 p.m. the
following day. It is a source of considerable surprise to visitors who had
thought to bury themselves in this far-away corner of the wilderness, to
find a daily mail maintained, the news of the world in their familial
evening paper of the day before laid by their plate at tea time and all
the necessaries with many of the perishable dainties from the centers of
civilization following them and contributing to their enjoyment of the
woodsy things which nature (and "Lem" Corey, the proprietor,) so
bountifully provides. And the half has not even then been told for this
same "Lem" knows the woods as well as he knows his house, and its waters
by intuition, and freely places his acquired knowledge at the service of
his friends who ask it, be they guide or sportsman. This may be fairly
called the geographical centre of the wild lake region. It is on the
eastern edge of the Mud Lake country which is probably the least known and
visited of any part of the wilderness. Dr. Alfred L. Loomis says it is
"the best location for sport, and as healthful as any in the Adirondacks,"
and the Doctor is good authority on both questions. The house will
accommodate about 100 guests. It is provided with open fire-places in
parlor and principal bedrooms, is lighted with gas, has pure spring water
brought through pump-logs from a mountain spring, and is furnished
comfortably and with the best of beds throughout. Open from May 1st. Board
$3.00 per day; $14.00 to $21.00 per week. A. L. Corey is the proper name
but a letter addressed to" Lem" Corey, Saranac Lake, cannot go wrong, for
every one in the woods knows "Lem." A supply and provision store,
connected with the house, is advertised to supply the best goods the New
York market affords at New York retail prices, with cost of freight only
added. The "Lakeside Club", of New York, who own the property, come here
annually and occupy their rooms in an adjacent building, eating at the
hotel table like other guests."
The Hotel burnt to the ground in the 1890s and was
never rebuilt. |