Canoeists watch the Adirondack Scenic Railroad train arrive at
a platform above
whitewater on the Moose River outside Old Forge, N.Y. After a couple of hours of paddling, the paddlers would emerge from a stretch of
whitewater several miles downstream and carry their boats up a steep trail to wait on a wooden platform for the train to return and carry them back upriver.
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Canoes are loaded aboard the Adirondack Scenic Railroad train after their owners had paddled on Moose River outside Old Forge, N.Y.
A collection of Adirondack
guideboats are on
display at the Adirondack
Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. When mining
magnate Harold Hochschild bought the Blue Mountain House resort in the late 1940s his vision was to create a place that would forever preserve the heritage of the Adirondacks.
