Spent a weekend at Buck Pond campsite recently, located in the northern section of the Adirondacks, about 12 miles north of Saranac Lake. Here is the first of several images I captured during a beautiful morning sunrise, more to come soon…
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I use to vacation there during the 60′s, and 70′s when I was a kid. I have very found memories of the area. It’s a beautiful picture of a beautiful area. Forever wild.
Thanks Jack – yes a great part of the Adirondacks, and I’ve been taking my 5yr old son there for 2 years now – hopefullly he will have the same memories.
We stayed at Camp Lavigerie many years ago, I guess it was in the late 60′s, early 70′s. Our children were young, not yet in high school, and we loved it so much. Camp Lavigerie was owned by the White Fathers and the seminarians ran the place acting as activities directors, garbage men, etc. and we loved all of them. My children still talk about it. It was sold to the state and I had heard that they demolished all the buildings. Does anyone know if this is true. This would be directly across the lake from Buck Pond. To all who visit, enjoy. I caught some beautiful Lake Trout up there.
Yes, all of the buildings are gone, and it has reverted back to nature. Thanks for your fond memories. my 6 yr old son is enjoying it as well.
We spent our summers on Lake Kushaqua at Camp Lavigerie also. THere have been reunions for several years now but not one planned at the moment. I was there at the beach for the last reunion in 2007 and it is still just the same and still amazingly beautiful.
THere is a yahoo group of former Camp Lavigeriers…
elise ambrose
I used to camp and work at Camp Lavigerie. I was the Life Guard for two summers 1967 and 1968. I new the Ambrose Family quite well and would love to hear from them again. Elise if you read this , please contact me at philgignac@sympatico.ca
My family stayed there for a couple of weeks in the early summers of ’62 & ’63. I was little but remember it pretty well. Check out the link below, it shows a photo of the chapel taken fairly recently. Mass there was really special. Too bad it’s not being used now….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacifichaidaan/2035827075/
Hi Anita – thanks for sharing- great location and we camp there every year!
RRR
Our family, the McGoverns, stayed there in the late sixties and early seventies. Our cousins, the Gordons of Bowie Md., also stayed there along with our grandparents and other relatives in the Seidleck family. Was a beautiful place and a beautiful time. We shall shall always cherish the memories of our splendid vacations with other families (e.g., the Robinsons of Blasdell and the Class family from Webster, NY) and the White Fathers.
This picture is enough to make a grown man cry.I spent 4 years of my life studying at Onchiota with the White Fathers. A very spartan existence but healthy nonetheless.I met some great men in those years.
My family spent summers in Rainbow Lake/Jones Pond area every year-starting before I was born. Several years, the most precious summers were those spent alone-just my Mother and I, during the week, with my father joining us for Friday night-Sunday afternoon.
My mother loved to explore and she was also a devout Catholic. Many of our day trips ended in the White Fathers Chapel and, often for Mass. Those were the days when women/girls were expected to cover their heads out of respect when in church. I wore a kleenex in a pinch! My mother passed when I was ten so these are very special memories for me. Devastated that the Chapel was destroyed, at least the stained glass was saved.