Steamboat Tuscarora

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Steamboat Tuscarora Launched in June 1900, she served as a transport & excursion vessel for 29 yrs on Blue Mtn Lake NY and then for 64 yrs as a summer camp on the lakeshore. C.

In 1900 William West Durant—known for great camps and grand schemes— commissioned A. Brown, of Staten Island, to build a coal-fired passenger steamboat on the shore of Blue Mountain Lake. Beginning that June the Tuscarora traveled from Marion River Carry through Utowana, Eagle and Blue Mountain Lakes, delivering visitors to Gilded Age hotels and lakefront estates. For nearly three decades it operated much like the other excursion boats on the Fulton Chain, the Saranacs and across the Adirondacks.. When better roads were available, those vessels—their useful lives over—were deliberately burned or scuttled. The Tuscarora escaped that fate and took on a new life in 1934, when it became the Graham family’s camp, with bedrooms, a lounge, a kitchen and bathrooms. As cozy as the cottage was, to all appearances it retained the essence of the Tuscarora. This 75-foot-long double-decker steamer is a rare relic of the heydays of Adirondack tourism and a glimpse of how a summer family repurposed a unique structure. Tuscarora is an important part of the history of Blue Mountain Lake, bridging the Victorian era and modern times.

Work, grading continues at the Tuscarora s new home. Thank you Pete Ovitt.
08/05/2026

Work, grading continues at the Tuscarora s new home. Thank you Pete Ovitt.

The steel rails have arrived. Next, getting them down Maple Lodge Toad and down the driveway to the Tuscarora.
08/05/2026

The steel rails have arrived. Next, getting them down Maple Lodge Toad and down the driveway to the Tuscarora.

Last of the ice on Blue
04/14/2026

Last of the ice on Blue

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Blue Mountain Lake, NY
12812

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