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One of the Oldest Winter Festivals in the Eastern US
A member of the award winning ADIRONDACKS.com
and Lake Champlain Valley.com network of travel sites.
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The
Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, February
4-13, 2011,
is the longest-running event of its kind in the eastern
U.S. Now celebrating its 114th anniversary.
The Carnival began over 100 years ago as a one-day event as a break
in the long Adirondack winter. The carnival has grown into a 10-day
festival that includes ski races, dance, live music performances,
two parades and two sets of spectacular fireworks above the world-famous
Ice Palace.
The contest is open to all elementary, middle and high school students in the Tri-Lakes area. All students are invited to use their creativity in constructing their own version of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace. Palaces may be any size and can be constructed with any materials. All entries must be placed on a firm base. Winners from each category will receive an engraved trophy. All honorable mentions will receive ribbons. Winners from each category will have their palaces put on display in the windows of Rob Grant and Associates Real Estate at 43 Broadway in Saranac Lake throughout Winter Carnival. This contest receives wide media coverage with winners featured in a variety of publications. Palaces should be dropped off at the office by Feb. 3. Judging will be held Feb. 4 and winners will be announced Feb. 5. For more information, contact Rob Grant and Associates Real Estate at (518) 891-3745, visit online at www.AdirondackRealEstate.com or e-mail robgrant@northnet.org. To view past
winners and pictures of ice palaces from previous years, visit www.Adirondacks.com/palace.html.
Archived 2006 Ice Palace in construction (the conditions are finally good enough! )
National Trust Names
Saranac Lake, New York, One of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations 2006. Annual List Promotes Heritage Tourism: Washington, D.C. (March 7, 2006) First settled in 1819 in what was then untouched wilderness, Saranac Lake, N.Y., is a timeless Adirondack village, nestled among pristine lakes, evergreen forests and nearby mountains. Once a logging community, the town was reinvented in 1876 when a physician in the last stages of tuberculosis came to Saranac Lake to live out his final months. Happily, the doctor, an outdoor enthusiast, not only survived but was restored, and Saranac Lake began a new chapter as one of the country’s pioneering health resorts. The village grew into a thriving community, home to a world-renowned sanatorium, a dozen bustling hotels and a host of “cure cottages,” large boarding houses sporting several wide porches, many of which are still prominent landmarks around town. Today, Saranac Lake’s downtown is charmingly preserved with period architecture and a host of restaurants, shops and art galleries and a variety of delightful accommodations such as the 1920s landmark Hotel Saranac, a member of the National Trust’s Historic Hotels of America. For more than a century, visitors have flocked to Saranac Lake's Winter Carnival, a week-long festival that includes sporting events, performing arts, parades, fireworks and the world famous Ice Palace. The Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness Train takes riders on a 20-mile round trip from Saranac Lake Union Depot to Lake Placid Station, where visitors can tour the site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games. With miles of trails and waterways to explore and unlimited outdoor pursuits including hiking, boating, swimming, golfing, biking and fishing, Saranac Lake is still the perfect prescription for mind, body and soul. To read entire press release click here
The Village of Saranac Lake is located in the heart of the magnificent High Peaks Region and is famous for its many beautiful lakes and streams including the Upper, Lower and Middle Saranac Lakes, Kiwassa Lake, Oseetah Lake, Lake Flower and Upper and Lower St. Regis Lakes. These waters offer some of the finest fishing in the country and are home to many native species of trout, bass and pike. The Saranac Lake region offers visitors a rich variety of historic, artistic and cultural attractions. Saranac Lake is also famous for its magnificent 'Great Camps' dating back to the golden era of the early 1900's. These sprawling compounds epitomize what is known today as the rustic 'Adirondack style' representing a unique chapter in Americian architectural history. These rustic camps served as huge retreats for wealthy families like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts for half a century. Today, visitors can actually tour some of these 'Great Camps' and experience their spectacular beauty first hand.
Saranac Lake is also well known for its fresh mountain air and rejuvenating climate!
In the early 1900's the Village of Saranac Lake became an international destination
and pioneer
health resort for
people from all walks of life suffering from Tuberculosis.
Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau discovered
the cure for Tuberculosis gaining worldwide attention for this quaint mountain
village.
Today,
the organization known as Historic Saranac
Lake, an architectural preservation group, has done a remarkable job preserving
and recognizing
the 'Cure History' of Saranac Lake through the nomination of 170 properties to
the National Register of Historic Places. Current
projects include management of the restored Union Depot as a tourist, transportation
and recreation center, and the restoration of the Bela Bartok Cabin and Dr. E.L.
Trudeau's Saranac Laboratory. Saranac Lake has now
become an important cultural tourism destination in Upstate New York.
In 1995 the Village of Saranac
Lake was ranked #1
among small towns in New York State and 11th in the United States. In 1998 the
prestigious All America City status was bestowed upon the Village in
recognition of Saranac Lake's unique history and
character.
43 Broadway Saranac Lake, New York 12983 Phone: 518-891-3745 Fax: 518-891-3768 E-Mail: RobGrant@northnet.org
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1800's
when Saranac Lake was a world-famous health resort. In 1897,
the first year of the
winter carnival, Saranac Lake was already an established community
and center of commerce in the Adirondack Tri-lakes region. Its
clean mountain air and high altitude provided rejuvenation
for
hundreds of tuberculosis sufferers drawn from all over the United
States and Canada. To ease the long, cold 
Adirondack
winters and to promote outdoor activities and sports, the
first "Mid-Winter Carnival" was created by the Pontiac
Club in 1896. This was a two day event filled with skiing, skating,
parties and a celebratory parade down Main Street. 
Winter
Carnival and the Web
Rob Grant stands with
the winners of last years annual handmade "Ice Palace"
contest winners. From left to right back to front are Kaylan and
Camden Rieley, Madi Sweeney, Crystal Wells, Danielle Gonyea, Kate
Brody, Sarah Wamsganz, Jarrod Colby, Morgan Brody and Christa Irvine.
First place went to Christa Irvine, second to Madi Sweeney and third
was a tie between Kaylan and Camden Rieley and Daniele Gonyea, Best
in class went to St. Agnes School, and the "most original"
trophy went to Sarah Wamsganz. 
