Sackett Lake
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Sackett Lake | |
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Location | Sullivan County, New York |
Coordinates | 41°37′29″N 74°44′28″W / 41.62472°N 74.74111°W |
Type | lake |
Surface area | 127 acres (51 ha) |
Surface elevation | 1,329 feet (405 m) |
Sackett Lake is located in Thompson, New York[1] with a small community that revolves around the lake by the same name. It is approximately 4 miles southwest of Monticello, the county seat of Sullivan County. The lake is 127 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 1,329 feet (405 m).[1]
It includes Fireman's Camp (for use by the
Borscht Belt years
During the height of the "Borscht Belt" in the Catskills, The Laurels Hotel and Country Club occupied the northern section of Sackett Lake.
Camps
There were three "sleepaway" (overnight) camps on the lake - Camp Winston, Camp Roosevelt, and Camp Ta-Go-La. Camp Winston closed in the 1960s and is now a private community of modular homes called Camelot Woods. Camp Roosevelt and Camp Ta-Go-La are now orthodox overnight summer camps, Camp Romimu and Camp Adas Bnos Vien, respectively. There were a few bungalow colonies that dotted the lake, such as Goodman's Showboat Colony. The "showboat" was a white building that sat overhanging the lake on the center of the western side. It contained a large room used for weekend gatherings of the bungalow renters and their guests, and also had a small apartment where Abe and Miriam Goodman, the bungalow colony owners, stayed during the summer season. The hotel and bungalow colonies are gone and Sackett Lake now comprises mainly private homes. There was also a third small hotel on Sackett Lake Road above the Congress Hotel called the Sackett Lake Lodge.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sackett Lake
- ^ Laurels Country Club ruins today
- ^ "Laurels Country Club -- Classic Catskills". HVMediaGroup YouTube channel. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 8 September 2013.