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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  elevations 
  above 
  tide 
  at 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  principal 
  

   points 
  on 
  Sacandaga 
  river 
  : 
  

  

  Feet 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  of 
  river. 
  556 
  

  

  Above 
  dam 
  at 
  Conklinville 
  697 
  

  

  Northville 
  732 
  

  

  Hope 
  Center 
  763 
  

  

  Wellstown 
  902 
  

  

  East 
  branch 
  at 
  old 
  tannery 
  958 
  

  

  East 
  branch 
  at 
  foot 
  of 
  High 
  falls 
  1,205 
  

  

  East 
  branch 
  at 
  head 
  of 
  High 
  falls 
  1,337 
  

  

  East 
  branch 
  at 
  Brighams 
  pond 
  1,706 
  

  

  Piseco 
  lake 
  1,648 
  

  

  Lake 
  Pleasant 
  1,706 
  

  

  Sacandaga 
  lake. 
  1,706 
  

  

  "From 
  Conklinville 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  a 
  

   little 
  over 
  5 
  miles, 
  the 
  river 
  falls 
  141 
  feet. 
  At 
  present 
  this 
  section 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  entirely 
  unutilized 
  except 
  by 
  two 
  powers, 
  one 
  at 
  

   Conklinville 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  about 
  2 
  miles 
  from 
  Hadley. 
  

  

  Thus 
  far 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  detailed 
  measurements 
  of 
  the 
  Sacamdaga, 
  

   but 
  since 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  is 
  still 
  largely 
  in 
  primeval 
  forest 
  it 
  

   is 
  without 
  doubt 
  an 
  excellent 
  water 
  yielder. 
  

  

  Schroon 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  Essex 
  county, 
  along 
  the 
  

   southern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  group. 
  

   As 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  map, 
  it 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  southerly 
  direction 
  for 
  

   about 
  forty-five 
  miles 
  through 
  Essex 
  and 
  Warren 
  counties, 
  and 
  

   joins 
  the 
  Hudson 
  just 
  above 
  Thurman. 
  .On 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  

   Essex 
  and 
  Warren 
  counties 
  the 
  river 
  flows 
  through 
  Schroon 
  lake, 
  

   a 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  nearly 
  9 
  miles 
  long 
  and 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  0.5 
  

   to 
  1.5 
  miles 
  in 
  width. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  subdivisions 
  of 
  the 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Schroon 
  river: 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  550 
  

  

  Warrensburg 
  • 
  535 
  

  

  Tumblehead 
  falls 
  502 
  

  

  Foot 
  of 
  Schroon 
  lake 
  479 
  

  

  