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The Adirondack Mountains form a broad mass of wooded ridges, lakes and rocky peaks between the Mohawk valley and Lake Champlain. Glaciers carved the ancient bedrock and left a country rich in streams and ponds. Mohawk, Oneida and Mahican peoples used the mountains as hunting grounds, travelling from settlements in the surrounding river valleys. In 1624 an agreement between Mohawk and Mahican people provided for shared access to hunting territories in the region.