﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Water 
  powers 
  have 
  been 
  developed 
  at 
  Parishville, 
  West 
  Stock- 
  

   holm, 
  Skinnerville, 
  Brashers 
  Falls, 
  Brasher 
  Center 
  and 
  Hogans- 
  

   burg. 
  There 
  are 
  undeveloped 
  power 
  sites 
  at 
  Sylvan 
  Falls, 
  High 
  

   Falls, 
  Kerr 
  Falls, 
  W 
  T 
  hittaker 
  Falls 
  and 
  Aliens 
  Falls. 
  

  

  Considerable 
  storage 
  can 
  be 
  secured 
  by 
  raising 
  the 
  dams 
  on 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  lakes 
  ait 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  

   branches 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  tributary 
  of 
  St 
  Regis 
  river 
  is 
  Deer 
  river, 
  which, 
  like 
  

   the 
  St 
  Regis, 
  flows 
  generally 
  in 
  a 
  northerly 
  direction. 
  Deer 
  river 
  

   joins 
  the 
  St 
  Regis 
  river 
  about 
  seven 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  

   river 
  1 
  . 
  

  

  Salmon 
  river 
  north. 
  The 
  next 
  stream 
  is 
  * 
  Salmon 
  river 
  north, 
  

   which 
  flows 
  northerly 
  into 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  over 
  

   the 
  Canadian 
  line. 
  Its 
  chief 
  tributary, 
  the 
  Little 
  Salmon 
  river, 
  

   enters 
  the 
  stream 
  at 
  Fort 
  Covington, 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   line, 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Little 
  Salmon 
  river, 
  above 
  junction 
  with 
  Salmon 
  river 
  103 
  

  

  Salmon 
  river, 
  above 
  Malone 
  179 
  

  

  Salmon 
  river, 
  above 
  Little 
  Salmon 
  river 
  273 
  

  

  Salmon 
  river, 
  below 
  junction 
  with 
  Little 
  Salmon 
  river 
  452 
  

  

  Salmon 
  river, 
  above 
  mouth 
  480 
  

  

  Trout 
  river. 
  The 
  next 
  stream 
  flowing 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  is 
  Trout 
  

   river, 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  which, 
  above 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  line, 
  

   is 
  129 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Chateaugay 
  river. 
  The 
  next 
  stream 
  is 
  Chateaugay 
  river, 
  with 
  

   a 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  line 
  of 
  199 
  square 
  

   miles. 
  Very 
  little 
  is 
  known 
  about 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  

   any 
  further 
  than 
  that 
  Chateaugay 
  river 
  heads 
  in 
  Upper 
  Chateau- 
  

   gay 
  lake 
  and 
  flows 
  through 
  Lower 
  Chateaugay 
  lake. 
  The 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  Chateaugay 
  lake 
  is 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Champlain 
  System 
  

   Lake 
  Champlain 
  has 
  a 
  water 
  area 
  of 
  400 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  

   area 
  of 
  its 
  catchment 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  amounts 
  to 
  2950 
  square 
  

   miles 
  ; 
  in 
  Vermont 
  to 
  4270 
  square 
  miles 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  

  

  

  