Camp Windy Point Pictures

Since we may be going to Saranac this summer, I thought I would post some pictures of the camp there where I spent my childhood summers.  These photos were prepared for the sale of the camp, so there are few people in them.

The camp is located on Upper Saranac Lake, in Franklin County, NY.  The camp is the tip of Markham Point, which, if you look at Google Earth or a mapping program, is the obvious peninsula on the NE part of the lake.

Here is the main house, which included 2 bedrooms and a large living room.

One quadrant of the large living room.  See part of the original (pre-cut-up) Saranac rug.

Another angle.

One upstairs bedroom in the main house.  This is where Mother and I usually stayed.

The double-insulated (thus useable year round) owners cottage has a living room (shown here) bathroom, and bedroom.  When Catherine and Earl would come here in winter, they would fly their small plane in and land on the lake.  In fact, in winters, cars drive across the lake.

The kitchen, with 2 of everything.  big enough to serve up to about 17 people.  The adult and children's dining rooms are separate.  A cook did all the cooking; we cleaned up.

Donald's (one bedroom) cabin.  He was an early live-in maintenance man.  Even when he was no longer there, it retained the name.

Living room in Donald's cabin.

The tower house.  Two bedrooms. Nice porch.

Tower house living room.  The May's usually stayed here.

The duplex.  Two bedrooms sharing a bath.

The sandbox lean-to.  We built a lot of castles here.  A sand beach was nearby.  Also a large BBQ pit.

Boat houses.  Several motor boats (including a very nice Chris Craft) and canoes.

The main dock (now gone). This is where we spent most of our time sunning and swimming.

There was also a shop building, a woodshed (now gone), a 2-car garage (now gone), and a generator house, where we generated our electricity.  We did have a phone on a party line.  Our ring was two longs and a short.