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[[File:p024379_1972.082.0060.jpg|right|]][[File:p024379_1972.082.0060.jpg|right|thumb||View of frog pond on Mt. Pisgah, with the Saranac River in the background, c. 1925<br>|Courtesy of the [[https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/photo/B6A03FE6-473C-417F-8C86-132225868494|Adirondack Experience]]]]'''Frog Pond''' is a small body of water on the shoulder of [[Mount%20Pisgah%20|Mt. Pisgah ]]above the former [[Trudeau%20Sanatorium|Trudeau Sanatorium]] property. It was once a courting destination for patients on exercise, and now serves as a water source for snowmaking on the nearby village ski hill.  [[Natalie%20Leduc|Natalie Leduc]] recalls skating on it in her youth.
[[File:p024379_1972.082.0060.jpg|right|thumb||View of frog pond on Mt. Pisgah, with the Saranac River in the background, c. 1925<br>|Courtesy of the [[https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/photo/B6A03FE6-473C-417F-8C86-132225868494|Adirondack Experience]]]]'''Frog Pond''' is a small body of water on the shoulder of [[Mount%20Pisgah%20|Mt. Pisgah ]]above the former [[Trudeau%20Sanatorium|Trudeau Sanatorium]] property. It was once a courting destination for patients on exercise, and now serves as a water source for snowmaking on the nearby village ski hill.  [[Natalie%20Leduc|Natalie Leduc]] recalls skating on it in her youth.


[[File:Frog%20Pond%202020.jpg|left|]][[File:Frog%20Pond%202020.jpg|left|thumb||Trees have cut off the views that once surrounded the Frog Pond, seen here as of 2020. <br>|The little pump house is used for snow making.]]
[[File:Frog%20Pond%202020.jpg|left|thumb||Trees have cut off the views that once surrounded the Frog Pond, seen here as of 2020. <br>|The little pump house is used for snow making.]]

Revision as of 03:24, 17 November 2024


Courtesy of the [Experience]

Frog Pond is a small body of water on the shoulder of Mt. Pisgah above the former Trudeau Sanatorium property. It was once a courting destination for patients on exercise, and now serves as a water source for snowmaking on the nearby village ski hill.  Natalie Leduc recalls skating on it in her youth.

The little pump house is used for snow making.