This 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Chalet located in the Town of Jay, in Essex County, sits on a large 1.7 acre lot. Enjoy hiking or cross country skiing on nearby trails. Downhill Skiing and snowboarding are a few miles away at Whiteface Mountain Olympic Ski Center. Visit the nearby Village of Lake Placid for fine dining and shopping. Upon your return home, you’ll bask in the warmth of the woodstove set upon a slate and stone hearth. The serene decks overlooking the attractive flower and water gardens will provide a quiet place to put your feet up and reminisce. This chalet Features hardwood floors, knotty pine walls, and wood beam ceilings.
#3245 Listed at: $177,500

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Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The Lake Placid Olympic Museum, in conjunction with the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), is in the planning stage for the International Sliding Sports Museum (ISSM) and its Science and Technology Park to be located at the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt Van Hoevenberg. This will be the inaugural annex for each of the ORDA venues and their respective sports.

Fans are invited to join the committee, Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2:30 p.m., for the unveiling of the museum’s planned exhibits and programs, at the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Lamy Lodge.

The first of its kind anywhere in the world, this preeminent facility will feature the history of the sports of bobsled, skeleton and luge at the home of North American sliding, where current and future Olympians from around the world train and compete.

With a significant collection on display at the Olympic Sports Complex and the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, the groundwork for this museum is already in place. Historic race sleds, equipment, video, photos, medals and trophies can already be seen at both locations, but a greater, more complete story remains to be told.

“Lake Placid is an ideal location for such a museum, it has played a vital role in the development and history of all of the sliding sports,” said ORDA chairman Patrick Barrett. “And because of its unique location, within a facility used by thousands of athletes from around the world, this location is ideal for educating the current and future athletes about the history and the development of their sports, while at the same time educating and inspiring a global audience.”

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Before America became a nation, the Adirondack Wilderness was a place of legends and dreams. It was a place that was hidden from the world, until only a few short centuries ago. The high peaks and the harsh winters kept most travelers away from the region. Eventually the world ventured into the “great North Woods”, but only after the mysterious veil was lifted a bit.

Europeans had heard inspiring stories of a vast, unexplored wilderness in the New World. This wilderness was beautiful, but dangerous. Long before explorers and colonists ventured into the “Great North Woods”, native Americans traversed its valleys and peaks, carrying what they needed along their well-established routes.

The wilderness was the land of the Iroquois and Algonquin, the Mohawks and the Mohicans. Tribal warfare was common, and played into a squirmish that pitted a famous explorer against the Iroquois Indians.