Hamilton County

Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Its county seat is Lake Pleasant. It is one of only two counties that lie entirely within the Adirondack Park (Essex is the other). As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,836, making it the least populous county in New York. It is also the most sparsely populated county in the eastern half of the United States, with a population density of just over three people per square mile.

Hamilton County is in the north central part of the state, northwest of Albany. It lies entirely within Adirondack Park and consists mostly of publicly owned parkland. As the tourist folk will tell you, there is no permanent traffic light in the county.

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Maps - Photos - Videos

Moose Plains 1952

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This video shows what the area around Helldiver Pond and Ice House Pond looked like at Moose River Plains in 1952.

Wakely Dam (1942 vs. 2017)

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75 years earlier if you were to go to Wakely Dam, the Cedar River Flow would look somewhat different as the original dam was about eleven feet higher, flooding a bit more of the surrounding land. They're also would have been several more buildings and shanties where the Gould Paper Company had their operations for this portion of Moose River Plains, and a larger cleared area. But overall, the Wakely Dam areas hasn't changed that dramatically over the years.

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