In the northwest corner of the Adirondack Park lie Cranberry Lake and the village of Wanakena. This remote area was the last-settled part of New York State; from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s; its name evoked the very essence of wilderness. Initially; sportsmen; naturalists; and artists flocked to the area. By 1900; summer tourism was booming. The logging industry followed; to harvest the virgin timber; after that; the state purchased the mostly cleared lands. Today; seventy-five percent of the lakes shoreline is state owned; and the Five Ponds Wilderness; south of Wanakena; is one of the largest and wildest areas in the Adirondacks.
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