Chateaugay Lake Outlet, 1950s

Here are a few of my dad's slides in which the barges operated by the Chateaugay Ore and Iron Co. are visible.

Logging Near the Forge

               

Spirits Now Rest in Bellmont Ghost Town

Both the beginning and the end came quickly for Popeville, called Bellmont, called Lower Chateaugay Lake, called Chateaugay Lake Post Office, called the Forge or the Old Forge. It sprang into being full grown on the day it started its iron making operations, with twenty or more residences, a saw mill, a store, a blacksmith …

Chateaugay Lake History Project

Several years ago I created a website to share the historical materials about Chateaugay Lake that I've gathered and collected. Sources include materials from the scrapbook of my father, John D. Miles [1918-1982]. The earliest newspaper cuttings from his scrapbook dated from before he was before, therefore this project actually began with his grandparents John …