She built a 12-by-12-foot cabin with no electricity or road: The woman who chose to live alone in the Adirondack wilderness

There was no electricity. No running water. No telephone. No road leading to the property. Deep in New York's Adirondack wilderness, Anne LaBastille chose to build a life that most people would have considered impossibly difficult. In 1964, she built a tiny 12-by-12-foot log cabin on the shore of Twitchell Lake, creating a home where modern conveniences were almost entirely absent.LaBastille, a wildlife ecologist, writer and conservationist, spent much of her life in the Adirondacks, documenting the realities of living close to nature through her writing. Her experiences became the basis of her celebrated “Woodswoman” memoir series, beginning with the book “Woodswoman”, published in 1976. The series chronicled her life in the remote Adirondacks and her relationship with the wilderness. Today, the remote property she once called home has a different kind of legacy. Her 32-acre West of Wind property was donated to New York State after her death and became part of the Forest Preserve, ensuring that the wilderness she fought to protect would remain protected for future generations.A home built far from modern lifeThe result was a tiny cabin that became both her home and the setting for...