Franklin

Franklin, county, northeastern New York state, U.S., bordered by Quebec, Canada, to the north and mostly occupied by Adirondack Park (1892), one of the largest parks in the United States and the nation’s first forest preserve. The low hills in the north, forested in hardwoods, give way to the Adirondack Mountains in the south, heavily wooded with spruce and fir. The highest elevations, which are found in the southern part of the county, include Ampersand,...