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3 unusual facts about Raquette Lake


Raquette

Raquette Lake, New York, a community in the Town of Long Lake in Hamilton County

Raquette Lake

When Bluff Point was sold to magazine publisher Robert Collier in 1905, most of the original structures were modified and expanded into the present score of buildings — the huge walk-in fireplace, the bowling alley, the bridge to the gazebo, etc.

The Church of the Good Shepherd (1880) and St. William's on Long Point (1890) were each designed by J. Cleaveland Cady of Cady, Berg & See, New York City.



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Webb, New York

The town is named after William Seward Webb, President of the Raquette Lake Transportation Company, the Fulton Chain Railway Company, Fulton Navigation Company, and the Mohawk and Malone Railway; his railroads were instrumental in opening the Adirondacks to the tourism rush of the mid- to late 19th century.