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Morning tea with loons

By Tom French

Long Pond in St. Regis Canoe Area is long on scenery, seclusion

Destination: Valcour Island

By Mike Lynch

Explorer reporter Mike Lynch and intern Jak Krouse paddle to Valcour Island on Lake Champlain.

The Champlain Bridge provides a point of reference on the trip up Lake Champlain by kayak.

Snapshots of Champlain

By Adirondack Explorer

A kayak, a car and two weeks on the water

pond with lilly pads

Portage with purpose, on the Marion River

By Alan Wechsler

Day-long paddle from Raquette Lake to Blue Mountain Lake is a trip through Adirondack history

Lows Lake

Bog River access road closed

By Mike Lynch

A key access point to one of the Adirondacks most popular paddling routes will be closed for next season and perhaps longer.

Looking downriver and north towards Azure Mountain (L) and Black Hill (R) along the 16-Mile Level of the St. Regis Middle Branch.

Finding magic at 16-mile level of the St. Regis River

By Tom French

Middle Branch proves you can't paddle same river twice

Colorful leaves this time of year are part of the appeal.

Moose Pond: Boreas Ponds of the north

By Tim Rowland

Located between the village of Saranac Lake and the hamlet of Bloomingdale

rocky passage grasse river

A river worthy of respect

By Tom French

Grasse River along Tooley Pond Road 'not for faint of heart'

Two mountain ranges are features of the Lake Everest paddle.

A beautiful paddle hiding in plain sight

By Tim Rowland

Plenty to learn in Lake Everest trip on the Ausable River

Hanmer

Bringing back an historic guideboat race

By Mike Lynch

The Willard Hanmer Guideboat and Canoe Race will take place in Saranac Lake on July 3, 60 years after the competition first took place.

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