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Since the 1700s nature lovers, sportsmen and vacationers have been attracted to beautiful Raquette Lake in the Central Adirondacks of New York. A vintage railway brochure from 1900 lists the lake's old Indian name as Killoquah - meaning rayed like the sun - appropriate to its shape. The 98 miles of shoreline, deep bays where lake trout love to hide and waterways from the Marion and Raquette Rivers to Blue Mountain Lake bring visitors from all over.
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The island church, designed by the firm of esteemed architect Josiah Cleveland Cady, was the summer chapel for many families significant in the history of the United States during the second half of the 19th century.
These included Dr. Thomas Durant and Collis P. Huntington of transcontinental railroad fame, William West Durant (warden), John Boyd Thacher future mayor of Albany (treasurer), Governor Phineas Lounsbury of Connecticut, Francis Stott, J. Harvey Ladew, Lucy Carnegie (widow of Andrew's brother Thomas) and many others.
By the end of the 19th century Raquette Lake had become "the place" to build one's summer home. Four of these rustic structures, designed by William West Durant and later sold to C.P. Huntington, J.P. Morgan, Alfred Vanderbilt and New York State Lieutenant Governor Timothy Woodruff, are now known as Adirondack Great Camps.
Those were the days of great prominence for Raquette Lake, and soon St. Hubert's Isle with its picturesque chapel became the center of much social life on the lake.
An annual vespers service is still held the first Sunday of August at 3:00 pm, with free transport from the village at 2 pm. All are welcome - we hope to see you there !
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CHURCH of the GOOD SHEPHERD
St. Hubert's Isle HC02 Box 237
Raquette Lake, NY 13436-9601
Dedicated to my parents, Ralph & Jean, whose love for Raquette Lake inspired these pages
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