90-Miler poses a classic challenge
Writer Sue Bibeau takes on the 90-Miler canoe and kayak race with boatbuilder Allison Warner.
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State can join lawsuit
By Kenneth Aaron The State of New York can intervene in a trespassing lawsuit filed by a group of landowners against Adirondack Explorer editor Phil Brown, a State Supreme Court justice has ruled. The state attorney general’s office and the Depart- ment of Environmental Conservation (DEC) asked to join Brown in the dispute, and Justice Richard…
Portage to paradise
By Phil Brown There are some things that you expect to find along the trail to Duck Hole in May: mud, black flies, and wildflowers and hobblebush in bloom. And some that might surprise you, such as two middle-aged men schlepping canoes. They were Donald Perryman Jr. and Rick Cerminara, both of Saranac Lake, both…
‘Explorer’ denies trespass
In answer to lawsuit, editor contends the public has the right to paddle on private waterways connecting public lands. By Kenneth Aaron In answer to a trespassing lawsuit, the editor of the Adirondack Explorer contends he had the right to paddle remote private waterways that link two pieces of state-owned Forest Preserve, and his lawyer…
Landowners sue editor
Lawsuit questions public’s right to paddle through private property. By Fred LeBrun A year and a half after paddling through posted land connecting publicly owned waterways, Adirondack Explorer Editor Phil Brown has been sued for trespass by the private landowners, namely the Brandreth Park Association and the Friends of Thayer Lake. The case could clarify the…
Online auction benefits canoe trail
By Phil Brown
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is holding its annual online auction through December 3 to raise money for maintaining the 740-mile paddling route. You can bid on 477 items donated by sponsors, including outdoor gear and clothing, paddling lessons, GPS equipment, and a guidebook to the canoe trail. The Adirondack Explorer donated six year-round subscriptions…
Revisiting the Beaver River
By Phil Brown
Our latest story about Shingle Shanty Brook has attracted some attention in the blogosphere and elsewhere. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has determined that the disputed stretch through private land is open to the public under the common law right of navigation. Click here to read the online version. The print version in our…
Forbidden river
The Explorer tests the navigability of a posted stretch of the Beaver River. By PHIL BROWN The Beaver River starts at Lake Lila and flows for eight miles through largely wild country to Stillwater Reservoir, and in so doing it connects two of the Adirondack Park’s most popular destinations for canoe camping. But you don’t…
Paddling 740 miles in a day
By Phil Brown
You’re invited to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail this weekend. Although the party will take place in Rangley, Maine, you can take part in the celebration right here in the Adirondacks. The NFCT is asking canoeists and kayakers to paddle any portion of the water trail on Saturday, July…
Let the good times flow
Deer River’s scenic stillwater By Phil Brown Every time I drive past the Deer River Flow on Red Tavern Road, I slow down to admire the stunning view southeast toward Debar Mountain. On a few occasions, I have stopped to take pictures. Finally, I decided to paddle the thing last summer. My friend Phil Blanchard…