The Stoner Lakes

The Adirondacks 

 

WELCOME!

Greetings and thank you for visiting our website! I have been a resident of East Stoner Lake since 1978 when my parents, Duncan and Jane Walker purchased the former Clough camp.  I spent every summer of my life on East Stoner Lake before moving to Toronto, Canada in 1998 after graduating college and beginning my career with the Government. I worked at Avery's Inn as a dishwasher and Assistant Cook from 1990-1997 which was ideal as I was able to spend my summers at the lake while maintaining a good job that enabled me to save money for school. Despite my living several hours away from the lake when living in Canada, I found myself returning every chance I had.  Every summer I utilized most of my vacation time and spent that time with my family at the lake. In April of 2003 I transferred jobs with the government to Manhattan.  Living in northern New Jersey now puts me within three hours of the camp, instead of six when living in Toronto. Needless to say, I have spent much more time at the lake since making the move.

I have found myself hiking, exploring, and fishing the area more now than ever.  I have a long term goal of completing the entire Lake Placid-Northville Trail (hopefully at one time) and in October 2008 covered 41 miles of it over a three-day back packing trip from Lake Placid to Long Lake.  I also have started hiking into the many remote but somewhat local trout ponds with my GPS and have learned that Trout fishing is a lot different than Bass fishing and have found the transition to be very challenging.