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[[File:Hiawatha%20House.jpg|right|thumb||The [[Hiawatha%20House|Hiawatha House]]| on the Stony Creek Ponds at the south end of the portage at [[Indian%20Carry|Indian Carry]]|. ''[[Adirondack%20Daily%20Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]''|, October 23, 1999 ]][[File:Stony%20Creek%20Ponds.jpg|left|thumb|[[Stony%20Creek%20Mountain|Stony Creek Mountain]]| from the Stony Creek Ponds ]] The '''Stony Creek Ponds''', also called the Spectacle Ponds, are part of the historic canoe route from Saranac Lake via the [[Saranac%20River|Saranac River]] to the [[Raquette%20River|Raquette River]] and Old Forge. The [[Indian%20Carry|Indian Carry]], a one-mile portage between the two river systems, ends at the northernmost of the ponds. Via the ponds and the [[Stony%20Creek|Stony Creek]] it is about three miles south to the Racquette.

[[File:Stony%20Creek%20Ponds%202.jpg|right|]]USGSThe colony of [[Coreys|Coreys]] is on its western shores. Dr. [[Fritz%20Decker|Fritz]] and [[Janet%20Parker%20Decker|Janet Decker]] and a few neighbors lived there year round for many years, a population augmented by summer residents.
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''Adirondack News'', April 13, 1889

'''Tupper Lake'''

April 8—

The Norwood lumber company has succeeded in getting their steam boat across the [[Indian%20carry|Indian carry]] to Stony creek pond and are now repairing, expect to be in running order in about three weeks.
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From [[Seneca%20Ray%20Stoddard|Seneca Ray Stoddard]]'s 1908 ''The Adirondacks, Illustrated''

Stony Creek Ponds are three in number. The first and third are small; the middle one about a mile the longest way. Stony Creek, applied to the outlet of the Ponds, is a misnomer. It is about three miles long, sluggish, winding, and difficult of navigation, making it advisable to continue by road 2 miles from the [[Hiawatha%20House|Hiawatha House]] to [[Axton|Axton]], a little below where Stony Creek enters the Raquette River. Axton is the outgrowth of the lumbering operations of [[Dodge%2C%20Meigs%20%26%20Company|Dodge, Meigs & Co.]] The draw-over from Saranac Lake to this point is $1.25 for boat and luggage. For 1, 2 or 3 passengers $1.50, and 50 cents for each additional portion.

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