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[[File:Debar Pond.jpg|right|thumb||Debar Pond, looking south-west from the north end of the pond.  Baldface Mountain at left.]]'''Debar Pond''' <span class="aCOpRe"><span>is a 1100-acre pond in the town of Duane, It was named after John Debar, a Canadian trapper who discovered it on a hunting trip in 1817.  The pond sits between [[Debar%20Mountain|Debar Mountain]] and Baldface Mountain.

<span class="aCOpRe"><span>It is the site of [[Debar%20Pond%20Lodge|Debar Pond Lodge]], a camp designed by [[William%20G.%20Distin%2C%20Sr.|William G. Distin]] and built about 1940. The main lodge is a two-story, Rustic style building of light-frame construction with an exterior veneer of half and full round logs.  In the 1880s, <span>German-born brewer Robert Schroeder had <span>established an extensive hop-growing operation on 300-acres near the pond and built<span> a lavish 60-room mansion there; after his bankruptcy, the estate fell to ruin.

[[File:Loon Lake detail, 1908.jpg|left|]]Debar Pond just left of center<br>1908 USGS Loon Lake quadrant[[File:Debar Lodge.jpg|right|thumb||Debar Pond Lodge, looking south.]]The [[Tekene%20Branch|Tekene Branch]], built in 1896 by the [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Kinsley_Lumber_Company|Kinsley Lumber Company,]] ran west from the [[New%20York%20Central|New York Central]] line at [[Tekene%20Junction|Tekene Junction]] 4.4 miles and then north another 2.5 miles to the south end of Debar Pond.