Scott Stuart

Robert Douglas Stuart III, lover of all things Adirondack and, in turn, loved by a wide circle of friends, family and neighbors, died February 27, 2012 of complications from a stroke suffered on February 24th. Scott, as he is known to all, was 72.

He was surrounded at the end by many of those who cared for him, most especially his wife of almost twenty-five years, Penny and his daughter Pamela.

His life revolved around the upstate New York communities of Inlet, Old Forge and Eagle Bay, where his family had a camp known as Paownyc on Fourth Lake in the Fulton Chain.

Founded over 100 years ago by his great-grandfather, O.M. Edwards, the camp served as a gathering point each summer for a seemingly endless procession of aunts and uncles, cousins and friends, their children and grandchildren. Continue reading →