The Stoner Lakes

 

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 2003 I transferred to Manhattan and January 2010 I transferred to Buffalo.  I am still about three hours from the lake and won't be satisfied until I finally get a transfer to the Albany area which will put me that much closer to Stoner Lake.

I have found myself hiking, exploring, and fishing the area more now than ever.  In October of 2008 I finally completed the entire Lake Placid-Northville Trail and I and several friends continue to engage in annual camping/backpacking trips to the area, with varying degrees of difficulty depending on the time of year.  I also have started hiking into the many remote and 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.