Pier Group

Pier Group

by | Aug 27, 2019 | Recreation

Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life’s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our archives—one for each year since 1970. In 2003, Mary Thill explored the unique floating-dock culture of Star Lake. At some point in prehistory, hominids...
From Ore to Orchids

From Ore to Orchids

by | Oct 4, 2018 | February 2017

The legacy of Benson Mines If a landscape could be read like a book, two scenes near the western Adirondack hamlet of Star Lake would seem to belong to very different genres. The first is visible to anyone driving west along Route 3 from Wanakena. On the right,...