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Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain, spelled Pokamoonshine on U.S. Geological Survey maps, and sometimes known as just Poke-O, is a minor peak of the Adirondack Mountains. The name is believed to be a corruption of the Algonquin words pohqui, meaning 'broken', and moosie, meaning 'smooth'. It is located in the town of Chesterfield, New York, United States, on New York state Forest Preserve land, part of the Taylor Pond Wild Forest complex within the Adirondack Park. Due to its location next to the pass through which most travelers from the north enter the range, it has been called the "gateway to the Adirondacks".
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- ↑ BURNHAM, John Bird, in Who's Who ion America (1926 edition); p. 383
- ↑ DeSormo, Maitland, John Bird Burnham, Klondiker, Adirondacker and Eminent Conservationist, Adirondack Yesteryears, Saranac Lake, New York, 1977
- ↑ Davis, Geo, "John Bird Burnham: Conservationist and Adventurer"
- ↑ Hotaling, Mary, "John Bird Burnham's Crater Club"
- ↑ Davis, Geo, "Made in Essex, NY: Adirondack Mountain Creams"
- ↑ Davis, Geo, "John Bird Burnham: Conservationist and Adventurer"
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