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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). The word Sacandaga means "Land of the Waving Grass" in the native Mohawk ...
Sacandaga Lake (sa-kuhn-DAH-ga) is located in the Town of Lake Pleasant in Hamilton County, New York approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Speculator. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The outlet is a channel that leads to Lake Pleasant , which is the source of the Sacandaga River .
The rising water eventually found an outlet over a small divide at Conklingville. The outlet gradually eroded, draining the lake. The Conklingville dam was proposed to block this outlet, and nearly restore the configuration of the glacial lake. [4] The Sacandaga River was subject to periodic severe floods. A dam had been considered since the ...
This is a list of lakes in the state of New York in the United States.Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Beaverdam Lake Great Sacandaga Lake Lake Champlain Lake Flower Lake Kanawauke Lake Placid Lower Saranac Lake Notch Lake Lake Otsego Upper St Regis Lake Upper Saranac Lake looking north
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Northville – A village located where the Sacandaga River enters Great Sacandaga Lake and is just east of NY-30. [7] It is the primary settlement in the town. Northville Pond – A lake located in the village of Northville. Sacandaga Park – A hamlet on the western shore of Great Sacandaga Lake and on NY-30, [7] near the junction of County ...
The Sacandaga River's headwaters north of Great Sacandaga Lake begin in the town of Lake Pleasant. From Lake Pleasant, the river follows a short moving course or path known as the Sacandaga Outlet [3] (under New York Route 8) into Lake Pleasant. The Sacandaga River drains Lake Pleasant at a location next to the public beach in the village of ...
Stewart's Dam, in Hadley, New York, on the Sacandaga River, holds back the Stewart Bridge Reservoir, one of the largest reservoirs in America to be contained by an earthen dam. [ citation needed ] Further upstream is the Conklingville Dam which creates the Great Sacandaga Lake .