Seven Wonders of the Adirondacks Contest Winner

We had a lot of entries that offered some great suggestions for a final list of the Natural and Human Made Wonders of the Adirondack Region.

For natural wonders folks seem to have generally gone for parts of the Ausable, Hudson, Sacandaga, and Bog rivers. Although the views from various mountains (notably Blue Mountain, Pyramid, and Whiteface) and various waterfalls (Split Rock, Bog River, Buttermilk, and OK Slip falls) also figured prominently in submissions. The St. Regis Canoe Area was also a favorite.

As far as man-made wonders, the Lake Placid Olympic Complex was a obvious favorite. A number of bridges made the submission list, including those at Crown Point, at the head of Tupper, and the Jay Covered Bridge. Various trails made the list as well, including the 10 Waterfall hike from the Ausable Club and the trails around the VIC at Paul Smiths - the Whiteface Memorial Highway was a favorite. A number of old camps such as Foxx Lair, White Pine and the other Great Camps made the list of suggestions and so did a few tourist spots like Lake George's House of Frankenstien, the Saranac Lake Ice Palace, and Hoss's Country Corner in Long Lake. One joker suggested a cell tower and another more serious suggestion was "all the various
delicious blogs floating around the region."

Our contest winner, chosen at random using random.com's List Randomizer was RonV who wins himself a copy of Rosemary Miner Pelky's Adirondack Bridgebuilder from Charleston. The book tells the story of Robert Codgell Gilchrist, a Confederate Major who came to the Adirondacks a year after the Civil War ended and built the first suspension bridge over the Hudson River in 1871 at Washburn's Eddy near Rapairius (then called Riverside). Congratulations!

Adirondack Almanack's lists of wonders are here:

The Seven Natural Wonders of the Adirondacks
The Seven Human Made Wonders of the Adirondacks

You can still leave comments and suggestions on the two pages above.