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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Raquette 
  river. 
  This 
  river 
  flows 
  northerly 
  through 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  

   county, 
  entering 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  near 
  the 
  Canadian 
  line. 
  

   It 
  drains 
  a 
  long, 
  narrow 
  catchment 
  area, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  

   north 
  part 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  county 
  to 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river. 
  The 
  

   upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  plateau, 
  with 
  many 
  lakes, 
  

   furnishing 
  opportunities 
  for 
  storage 
  at 
  reasonable 
  cost. 
  After 
  

   leaving 
  this 
  plateau, 
  the 
  stream 
  descends 
  rapidly, 
  forming 
  many 
  

   excellent 
  sites 
  for 
  water-power 
  developments. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  main 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  

   Raquette 
  river: 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Above 
  Piercefield 
  695 
  

  

  Above 
  Hannawa 
  Falls 
  967 
  

  

  Above 
  Massena 
  Springs 
  ; 
  1,188 
  

  

  Above 
  mouth 
  1,240 
  

  

  

  The 
  following 
  gives 
  the 
  water-surface 
  areas 
  and 
  the 
  catchment 
  

   areas 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  plateau 
  tributary 
  to 
  

   Raquette 
  river 
  : 
  

  

  Surface 
  Catchment 
  

   area, 
  area, 
  

  

  square 
  miles 
  square 
  miles 
  

  

  Blue 
  Mountain 
  lake 
  2.0 
  39 
  

  

  Raquette 
  lake 
  10.0 
  94 
  

  

  Forked 
  lake 
  2.3 
  40 
  

  

  Long 
  lake 
  8.7 
  152 
  

  

  Little 
  Tupper 
  lake 
  4.0 
  59 
  

  

  Big 
  Tupper 
  lake 
  7.5 
  

  

  Storage 
  can 
  be 
  secured 
  in 
  Big 
  Tupper, 
  Little 
  Tupper, 
  Long 
  and 
  

   Raquette 
  lakes 
  at 
  a 
  reasonable 
  cost, 
  owing 
  to 
  their 
  being 
  bordered 
  

   by 
  cheap 
  flatland, 
  a 
  great 
  portion 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Forest 
  preserve. 
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  Storage 
  reservoirs 
  can 
  be 
  built 
  at 
  other 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  Raquette, 
  

   notably 
  at 
  Moosehead 
  in 
  township 
  6 
  on 
  Cold 
  river, 
  and 
  on 
  Moose 
  

   creek. 
  

  

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  This 
  statement 
  does 
  not 
  take 
  into 
  account 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  a 
  

   constitutional 
  provision 
  against 
  the 
  cutting 
  of 
  forests. 
  

  

  