PAT 
THE WORKING-PLAN 
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TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE 
NeE-HaA-SA-NE PARK is a body of forest land, roughly 
triangular in outline, with the longest side to the north. 
It lies in the west central portion of the Adirondack 
Mountains of northern New York, and is traversed in 
a northeasterly direction by the Adirondack and St. 
Lawrence Railroad. About two-thirds of the area is in 
townships 37 and 38 of Hamilton County, while the 
western third lies in Herkimer County, townships 42 
and 43 From east to west the Park stretches from 
Little Tupper Lake to Big Rock Lake, and includes 
the latter, together with Lake Lila, Lake Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne, 
and a portion of the headwaters of Beaver River. 
Other waters of the Park drain through Little Tupper 
Lake to the Raquette River, and through Cranberry 
Lake to the east branch of the Oswegatchie. Both 
these lakes are outside its boundaries. The general 
elevation is from 1700 to 2000 feet above sea level. 
The whole Park includes an area of about 40,000 
acres. Of this total about 10,000 acres are fenced and 
have been omitted from the investigation. The area 
covered by the working plan is then about 30,000 acres. 
The general character of the country is hilly and 
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