Paddling Lower St Regis, Spitfire, and Upper St Regis Lakes

Today the group put in at Paul Smith's College, but at the swimming beach which was a much better spot than we had used before.  We paddled across Lower St Regis Lake, through Spitfire into Upper St Regis Lake.  We turned right and went into North Bay where I'd never been before.  We had lunch at the carry at the north end of the bay, then retraced our "steps" for a total of 9 1/2 miles.


There are many amazing great camps on these lakes.  One of the most spectacular is Camp Topridge on the western shore of North Bay, built in 1923 by Marjorie Merriweather Post.  This is just one of the Topridge boat houses with our group posed in front.


Since the lodgings tend to be hidden back in the woods, I concentrated on photos of boat houses.


This one has one of the wooden boats the lakes are famous for.