Spitfire Lake

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| location = Franklin County, New York

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File:St. Regis Mountain, from Spitfire Lake.jpg from Spitfire Lake]]

Spitfire Lake is a part of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks in northern New York State and is {{convert|250|acre|km2|adj=on}} in area. Along with Upper and Lower St. Regis Lake, it became well-known in the late 19th century as a summer playground of America's power elite, drawn to the area by its scenery and by the "rustic charms" of Paul Smith's Hotel.{{fact|date=April 2025}} It is the site of a number of grand old summer "cottages" and Great Camps; Frederick W. Vanderbilt, Anson Phelps Stokes and Whitelaw Reid were among the summer residents. "The camps of many of these families began as tent colonies, with separate units for sleeping, dining, games, and so on, and evolved into permanent structures built with understated taste".Jerome, p. 109

Spitfire is part of the original Seven Carries canoe route from Paul Smith's Hotel to Saranac Inn.

Image:The Inlet, Spitfire - 1903.jpg|The Inlet, Spitfire Lake, 1903

Image:A Camp on Spitfire Lake.jpg|A "Camp" on Spitfire Lake

Image:Boat house on Spitfire Lake.JPG|Boat house on Spitfire Lake