Adirondack Life

Lighting the Way

 of this wilderness domain on trapline and trail, I often came upon ancient blaze marks on giant trees. Some were overgrown by age, but the visible marks were always at the same height on the tree and the same size, as if made by the same ax. The blaze marks often followed along brooks,

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