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Before any settlements arrived on Lower St. Regis Lake, the lake was used for recreational purposes and as a food source. In 1858 Paul Smith bought land on Lower St Regis Lake. Smith wanted to create a place for families to stay while he took the fathers and husbands out hunting. As a result, the St.
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441:. Wealthy families who came to visit Paul Smith's Hotel then decided to build their own houses and camps on the lake. Due to new settlements the overall development of Lower St. Regis increased five times its previous amount. The lake experienced
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Propst, B. M., Schuster, R. M., & Dawson, C. P. (2009, May 9). An exploratory analysis of coping schemes used by paddlers who camped in the St. Regis Canoe Area, New York. US Forest
Service Research and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
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Plant, Z., T. Firkins, J. Capito, and M. Benjamin. 2020. The Lower St. Regis Lake
Shoreline: Understanding the Past, Analyzing the Present, and Recommendations for the Future. Capstone Database, Paul Smith’s College
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Laxson, C.L., Yerger, E.C., Treibergs, L.A., Wiltse, B., and D.L. Kelting. 2021. St. Regis Chain of Lakes: State of the Lake Report, Program Update 2021. Paul Smith’s
College Adirondack Watershed Institute.
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Laxson, C.L., Yerger, E.C., Favreau, H.J., and D.L. Kelting. 2018. Limnology and Water
Quality of the St. Regis Chain of Lakes. Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute Report # 2018-10.
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The current biological community of Lower St. Regis Lake can be defined as a warm water aquatic ecosystem due to the changes caused by human development. The fish community includes species such as
511:, fishing, and camping are the most popular that occur on the lake during peak summer season. Other recreational activities that occur off the water body are hiking, photography,
434:. In the 19th century many spruce and white pine around the lake were cut down in order to build three golf courses for the hotel, which affected the water quality of the lake.
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Rechlin, M., Laxson, C. L., Milewski, C., & Stager, J. C. (2019). An
Environmental History of Lower St. Regis: Lake Degradation and the Path to Ecological Redemption.
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since Paul Smith’s moved to this region in the mid-1800's. Lower St. Regis Lake is mainly used by visitors for fishing, canoeing, and the use of the
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Magazine. 2015, September 10. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
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Department of Environmental Conservation. Paul Smiths College Conservation Easement Tract. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
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