North Country At Work

Wallace Emerson nails cladding onto boat. Inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.

Wallace Emerson uses a jig to drill holes in the keel of a boat. Inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.

Wallace Emerson does detail work on a boat rib inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.

Wallace Emerson shapes a rib for one of his Adirondack skiffs inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.

Two men inside Palmer Boat Shop. 1900. Adirondack region of NYS.

The Daniel P tied up at village dock. It was the largest steamboat to cruise Long Lake, and was used from 1909 until 1911 and built by George Smith. Circa 1910. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Man rowing pleasure boat on Long Lake. Circa 1900-1920. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Log boom being towed by the steamboat “Ivis.” Circa 1906. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Long Lake Racing Team, left to right: Floyd McLee, Oliver Kellogg, George Harrington, James McAneigh, Owen McPherson, Bill Helms, T. D. Sullivan, George Smith, Avett Doug Doyle, Grant Sullivan. Long Lake held a large regatta in the late summer and early fall. This team would have been racing in the regatta, in either a guide […]

Fred C. Burns, boatbuilder, rowing a guide boat at the age of 89. 1982. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.