Brighton Regional Business Directory

44°26′27″N 74°13′56″W

Originally, Brighton NY was named after Brighton England and set off from the Town of Duane in 1858.   The Town of Brighton is inside the Adirondack Park "Blue Line" and the State owns approximately 47% and 20% is approximately wetlands which are prized for their rare and threatened species of Spruce grouse, moose and three-toed woodpecker.  Brighton is located in a high quality aquifer with three major watersheds.  Paul Smith arrive in 1859 where he built the hotel and famous culinary school.  Hamlets of Brighton are now:  Paul Smith, Gabriel, Easy Street, Keese Mills, McCollumns,  and Rainbow Lake.  Brighton region hosts the Upper St. Regis Lake, Spitfire Lake, Rainbow Lake, Osgood River, Osgood Pond, Meacham Lake and Jones Pond.  Read up on Brighton's Smart Growth Plan (click here) and some of their interesting history (click here).

Paul Smith is actually a hamlet of Brighton NY and was named after Paul Smith's Hotel (prior St. Regis House).  It was one of the first wilderness resorts in the Adirondack.  Paul Smith College was built on the site of the hotel and funded from the estate of Smith's son (Phelps).  The college has educated many students in the culinary hospitality arts, as well as natural resources of wildlife sciences.

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