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A mountain with Kane-do spirit
By Lisa Ballard
A short jaunt with a fire tower outside Caroga Lake, and the hardest part is getting there
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By Lisa Ballard
A short jaunt with a fire tower outside Caroga Lake, and the hardest part is getting there
By Phil Brown
The state Department of Environmental Conservation’s closure of the Wakely Mountain trail once again raises questions about the future of the fire tower on the summit. DEC closed the tower in December because of structural defects and this week closed the hiking trail too, lest the tower collapse and injure someone. “The condition of the…