Tupper Lake
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Tupper Lake, also called Big Tupper Lake, lies inside the Adirondack Park across the line between Franklin and St. Lawrence counties, covering about 5,230 acres and stretching northeast to southwest. It takes its name from Ansel Tupper, a land surveyor and the first European to see it, and is fed and drained by the Raquette River, with Raquette Pond and Lake Simond as arms of the main lake. The village of Tupper Lake sits at the northeast end, with a population of 3,282 at the 2020 census, and forms the Tri-Lakes region together with Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. The village grew up in the 1840s lumber era and is home to The Wild Center, a natural history center on a 31-acre campus.
