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[[File:Aiyukpa.jpg|right|thumb||Inset stone on the boathouse: AIYUKPA]] | [[File:Aiyukpa.jpg|right|thumb||Inset stone on the boathouse: AIYUKPA]] | ||
'''Location: '''[[Upper Saranac Lake]] , on''' '''[[Fish Creek Bay|Fish Creek Bay]], at the top of [[the Narrows|the Narrows]] | '''Location: '''[[Donaldson's Campsite]], [[Upper Saranac Lake]] , on''' '''[[Fish Creek Bay|Fish Creek Bay]], at the top of [[the Narrows|the Narrows]] | ||
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Camp Aiyupka was built by Philadelphia lawyer and banker [[George H. Earle, Jr.|George H. Earle, Jr.]] on 700 acres south of Fish Creek Bay and west of the Narrows. | '''Camp Aiyupka''' was built by Philadelphia lawyer and banker [[George H. Earle, Jr.|George H. Earle, Jr.]] on 700 acres south of Fish Creek Bay and west of the [[The Narrows|Narrows]]. | ||
Earle also built stone boathouses on [[Upper St. Regis Lake|Upper St. Regis Lake]] and [[Spitfire Lake|Spitfire Lake]]; this, though, is the only one built of granite, that may have come from the property. | Earle also built stone boathouses on [[Upper St. Regis Lake|Upper St. Regis Lake]] and [[Spitfire Lake|Spitfire Lake]]; this, though, is the only one built of granite, that may have come from the property. | ||
According to Sally Svenson, the boathouse had a second floor ballroom that "was the focal point of many stories of extravagant indulgence." <sup>1</sup> | According to [[Sally Svenson]], the boathouse had a second floor ballroom that "was the focal point of many stories of extravagant indulgence." <sup>1</sup> | ||
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Revision as of 14:43, 26 January 2026
Location: Donaldson's Campsite, Upper Saranac Lake , on Fish Creek Bay, at the top of the Narrows
Other names:
Year built: c. 1920
Other information:
Camp Aiyupka was built by Philadelphia lawyer and banker George H. Earle, Jr. on 700 acres south of Fish Creek Bay and west of the Narrows.
Earle also built stone boathouses on Upper St. Regis Lake and Spitfire Lake; this, though, is the only one built of granite, that may have come from the property.
According to Sally Svenson, the boathouse had a second floor ballroom that "was the focal point of many stories of extravagant indulgence." 1
Lake Placid News, September 1, 1916
An estate of 4,000 acres on the Upper Saranac Lake known as the Taylor property, situated between the camp of Miss Isabel Ballentine [sic] and the Saranac Inn highway, has been purchased by George H. Earle, Jr., of Philadelphia.
Note: There was another "Camp Aiyukpa," a dairy, on Chateaugay Lake.
1. Adirondack Life, 2014, Vol. XLV, No. 7., p.59