By the late 1600s, parts of the Adirondack region were already being settled by Europeans, and the cutting of old-growth trees began.  The lumber was used for such needs as construction, tanneries, and iron-making.  From tree cutting to milling the lumber, the logs were transported using the network of lakes and rivers throughout the Adirondacks.  The logs were measured and stamped before the harvest was sent down the river to the mills.  Logs were stamped with each company’s symbol representing their harvest.  Some stamps used were simple shapes or figures while others used their company initials.  Despite being submerged for hundreds of years, many of them still reveal these original marks.

Some of these logs were less buoyant than others, therefore they would sink and settle on the bottom of the lake were they have rested for almost 200 years.  These “lost” logs have been carefully recovered, dried, and stabilized to be repurposed into works of art.

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