270 CRANBERRY LAKE. THE OSWEGATCHIE. 



Central R. R. from Potsdam Junction to Mooer's and on to 

 House's Point; on the cast, the Delaware and Hudson 

 Canal Co. R. R. lines from Mooer's southerly to Plattshurg 

 and on to Whitehall, and through Saratoga to Sehenertady. 

 From Saratoga the Adirondack R. R. runs north -w;->lerly 

 fifty one miles to North Creek, aproachin-j; the forest 

 directly on the route to Blue Mountain Lake. 



There are twenty or thirty reasonably u'ood entrances to 

 the wilderness from these rail roads, and the principal ones 

 following the same order are as follows: 



From the N.Y.C.R. R. at Amsterdam. Fonda. Little Falls 

 and llerkimer, to Lake Pleasant. Round Lake and Piseeo 

 Lake the route from Fonda by rail road to <ilo\er>\ ille 

 and thence by sta^e to Sau'eville beini: the easiest and nest. 



Entering from the Black River R. R. and roMiHTiiii-r 

 roads on the west, ^..p a t Remscti for Piseeo Lake region. 

 and .lock's Lake; at Alder Creek, for \Voodhull and Bisbv 

 Lakes; at Boonevillc, for Moose River waters. Fulton Chain, 

 etc., and through by H;ujuette Lake; at Lowville. for 

 lie .iver River waters. Fenton's or "No. 4." Beaver Lake, 

 Albany Lake, Smith's Lake, and through by Tupper Lakes; 

 at (loverneur, for the upper Oswegatchie River, al>ove 

 Cranberry Lake, and Cranberry Lake; at IVKalb .lunclion, 

 for the lower < )swe^atchie River (below Cranberry Lake^ 

 and Cranberry Lake, the usual route to the Lake: at 

 Potsdam, for Ra<|uette River and the lakes flowing into it. 



Knterinii- from the Vermont Central R. R.. on the north, 

 stop at Malone for Meaeham Lake, " Paul Smith's" on St. 

 Reii;is Lake, the Sarauac Lakes and through the wilderness 



