William C. Whitney Wilderness Area
Long thought of as the "crown jewel" of private land holdings within the Adirondack Park, in December, 1997, New York State announced that it had reached agreement to purchase 14,700 acres of Whitney Park, including all of Little Tupper Lake, the largest privately-owned lake in the Northeast for $17.1 million in EPF and Bond Act resources. This magnificent property was open to the public in the summer of 1998 for the first time in more than a century. The bulk of the property has now been classified by the Adirondack Park Agency as the William C. Whitney Wilderness area and has been visited by thousands of hikers and paddlers, who can now enjoy this easily accessible wilderness experience in the heart of the Adirondacks.
