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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Forestport 
  268 
  

  

  Beaver 
  river, 
  at 
  mouth 
  338 
  

  

  Beaver 
  river, 
  at 
  Beaver 
  Falls 
  322 
  

  

  Moose 
  river, 
  at 
  mouth 
  416 
  

  

  Moose 
  river, 
  at 
  Agar's 
  mill 
  407 
  

  

  Deer 
  river, 
  at 
  mouth 
  102 
  

  

  Deer 
  river, 
  at 
  Deer 
  Kiver 
  village 
  101 
  

  

  Woodhull 
  creek 
  108 
  

  

  Otter 
  creek 
  (one-half 
  mile 
  above 
  mouth 
  of 
  creek) 
  63 
  

  

  Independence 
  creek, 
  at 
  mouth 
  99 
  

  

  Independence 
  creek 
  (three 
  miles 
  above 
  mouth) 
  93 
  

  

  The 
  length 
  of 
  Black 
  river, 
  measured 
  along 
  its 
  course 
  from 
  its 
  

   mouth 
  at 
  Black 
  River 
  bay 
  to 
  the 
  headwaters, 
  is 
  112 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  section 
  drained 
  by 
  the 
  upper 
  river 
  in 
  Herkimer 
  and 
  Hamil- 
  

   ton 
  counties 
  is 
  a 
  rugged, 
  mountainous 
  region, 
  with 
  numerous 
  

   lakes, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  utilized 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  as 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  to 
  compensate 
  for 
  water 
  taken 
  for 
  the 
  

   supply 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  and 
  Erie 
  canals. 
  

  

  The 
  extreme 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  river 
  are 
  Canachagala 
  

   lake, 
  North 
  lake 
  and 
  South 
  lake. 
  Other 
  lakes 
  on 
  the 
  headwaters 
  

   of 
  the 
  main 
  river 
  are 
  Woodhull, 
  Little 
  Bisby 
  Chain 
  lakes, 
  Little 
  

   Woodhull, 
  Chub, 
  Long, 
  White 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  others. 
  The 
  chief 
  

   tributaries 
  of 
  Black 
  are 
  the 
  Moose 
  and 
  Beaver 
  rivers, 
  both 
  of 
  

   which 
  rise 
  in 
  Hamilton 
  county 
  and 
  flow 
  across 
  Herkimer 
  into 
  

   Lewis 
  county. 
  The 
  principal 
  lakes 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Moose 
  river 
  

   are 
  Two 
  Sisters, 
  Pigeon, 
  Big 
  Moose, 
  Second, 
  Cascade, 
  Fulton 
  

   Chain, 
  Lime 
  Kiln 
  and 
  Little 
  Moose 
  lakes. 
  The 
  principal 
  lakes 
  at 
  

   the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Beaver 
  river 
  are 
  Lakes 
  Lila 
  and 
  Francis, 
  

   Josephine, 
  Nehasane, 
  Big 
  Rock, 
  Little 
  Rock, 
  Salmon, 
  Loon 
  and 
  

   Twitchell 
  lakes 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  Other 
  smaller 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  are 
  Black 
  creek, 
  Little 
  

   Woodhull 
  creek, 
  Big 
  Woodhull 
  creek, 
  Crystal 
  brook, 
  Otter 
  creek, 
  

   Independence 
  creek, 
  Crystal 
  creek, 
  Swiss 
  creek, 
  Moose 
  creek, 
  

   Sugar 
  river, 
  Whetstone 
  creek, 
  Roaring 
  creek, 
  Mill 
  creek, 
  Deer 
  

   river 
  and 
  other 
  small 
  streams. 
  

  

  