New York State begins funding the riprapping of Lake George islands. Apperson provides his personal barge and boat to assist in Lake George island riprapping. Apperson undertakes restoration of landslide damage on Dome Island in Lake George. Apperson and Bess and Albert MacCarthy summit Whiteface Mountain on skis (Feb).

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New York State begins funding the riprapping of Lake George islands. Apperson provides his personal barge and boat to assist in Lake George island riprapping. Apperson undertakes restoration of landslide damage on Dome Island in Lake George. Apperson and Bess and Albert MacCarthy summit Whiteface Mountain on skis (Feb).

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Boats, including Apperson's Art.7.-Sec.7. filled with boulders for riprapping, on the shore of Dollar Island on Lake George, NY, 1918.

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1917

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Adirondack Research Library Collections

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Grassroots Activism Timeline

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ARL-timeline_1917_Riprapping

Part of New York State begins funding the riprapping of Lake George islands. Apperson provides his personal barge and boat to assist in Lake George island riprapping. Apperson undertakes restoration of landslide damage on Dome Island in Lake George. Apperson and Bess and Albert MacCarthy summit Whiteface Mountain on skis (Feb).