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Adirondack Mountains – Easy Vacation Destination, So Close for So Many

New York

The lands and waterways of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York are an outdoor-lover’s paradise. The region offers some of the best opportunities for outdoor recreation in a beautiful, natural setting; it is within a day’s drive for 25% of the entire North American population, making it an easy vacation destination for so many. The Adirondacks are filled with

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The Adirondacks – The Video

New York

The story of the Adirondacks is told through a series of passionate characters, each with a distinct perspective. Through their stories The Adirondacks explores this remarkable region and reveals a delicate and dynamic relationship between progress and preservation. This WNED PBS production premiered in July 2008. Visit https://www.wned.org/television/wned-… to see more WNED PBS Original Productions.

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Fall in the Adirondacks

New York

This video from last year is the perfect little prelude to fall in the Adirondacks. Enjoy… There’s nothing like fall in the Adirondacks. The warm days, the crisp nights, the smell of campfire on the wind, the freshly harvested food, and the colors. Our fall foliage is bright, varied, and unreal. You have to see it to believe it and,

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Six Nations Iroquois Museum

New York

Tucked into the woods, away from traffic lights and bustling shops and restaurants of Saranac Lake lies the peaceful, serenely scenic hamlet of Onchiota, NY. Close to the paradises of Buck Pond, Rainbow Lake, and Lake Kushaqua, Onchiota is home to a seasonal antique shop, historic homes, and the extraordinary Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center, where every element of Iroquois culture, past and present,

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Eastern White Pine

Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mountain Dreams, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

It’s a bit of history, a bit geography, and a bit natural history. This video about the Eastern White Pine… Pinus strobus, commonly denominated the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine[2] is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada west through the Great Lakes region to southeastern Manitoba and Minnesota, United States, and south along the Appalachian Mountains and upper Piedmont to northernmost Georgia and perhaps very rarely

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