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Stonehouse Flats: Elm & Cottonwood. Adirondack Nature Photographs: Our changing seasons. The passing moods of the natural community in the timeline of new life, reseeding and decay. (Images that give you the feel of the High Peaks, along with the information you need to find it on your own.) [Click on Photo For Larger Size] (L. to R. & T. to B.) Jay Mountains, Old Elm, Stone House. Stone House, Elm. (3-6) Elm. Cottonwood in Sag (ancient water depression in Stone House Flats). (8-11) Cottonwood. Cottonwood shadows on Sag. Photo Site: Stone House Flats on the AuSable River East Branch, Route 9N and Stonehouse Road, midway between the villages of Jay and Upper Jay. The flats, a flood plain in miniature, are a unique formation along approx. 5 miles of the river at this point. The flats flood in the spring thaw, large ice pancakes sometimes landing right at the highway. A good place for vegetable gardens years ago--good river swimming access today. The cottonwood is an uncommon variety this far North. The elm are gone. Map: Highway Map of Essex Country, Essex County Dept. of Public Works, HCR#1, Box 327, Rte.9, Elizabethtown NY 12932, $2.50. Photos by M.S. March '97 Nikon F3, 28mm, 105mm, Fuji 100. .  More Nature Photos    Adirondack Poems     Meet Our Guests! (Photos)