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The Canandaigua Outlet is a main tributary which feeds the Erie Canal and Clyde River in Wayne County, New York, United States. It begins at Canandaigua Lake in nearby Ontario County and flows approximately 34 miles (55 km) north before emptying into the Erie Canal in the hamlet of Lyons. [2] A number of tributaries feed the Canandaigua Outlet ...
The boathouse at Topridge.. Upper St. Regis Lake is a 742-acre (3.00 km 2) lake, part of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks in northern New York State.Along with Lower St. Regis Lake and Spitfire Lake, it became famous in the late 19th century as a summer playground of America's power elite, drawn to the area by its scenery and Paul Smith's Hotel.
Lake Lila is a remote 1,436-acre (5.81 km 2) lake in the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, in the west-central portion of the Adirondack Park. It is accessed via a 6-mile (9.7 km) dirt road. Boat access to the lake is by hand-launch only, after a 0.3-mile (0.48 km) portage from the parking lot. It is the twenty-second largest body of water in ...
The Raquette River, sometimes spelled Racquette, originates at Raquette Lake [2] in the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. 146 miles (235 km) long, [3] it is the third longest river entirely in the state of New York. The river is a popular destination for canoeing and kayaking. It passes through many natural and man-made lakes ...
Designated NHL. May 23, 1963. The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [2] At 6.1 million acres (2.5 × 106 ha), it is the largest park in the contiguous United States.
Cranberry Lake (New York) 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Cranberry Lake is on the east branch of the Oswegatchie River in the Adirondack Park in New York in the United States. It is the third largest lake in the Adirondack Park (after Lake George and the Great Sacandaga Lake). About 75 percent of the shoreline is owned by the ...
Great Sacandaga Lake. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. The Great Sacandaga Lake (formerly the Sacandaga Reservoir) is a large lake situated in the Adirondack Park in northern New York in the United States. The lake has a surface area of about 41.7 square miles (108 km 2) at capacity, and the length is about 29 miles (47 km).
Ken Powley, an experienced rafter who worries deeply about American alienation, organized the trip as part of R.A.F.T. for America, a movement that brings people who have different perspectives ...