﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  The 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  to 
  Oregon 
  is 
  about 
  

   25 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  tributary 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  is 
  Fish 
  creek, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  lakes. 
  The 
  distance 
  from 
  its 
  

   point 
  of 
  junction 
  with 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Canada 
  lakes 
  outlet 
  is 
  about 
  9 
  miles, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  rise 
  in 
  this 
  

   distance 
  635 
  feet. 
  The 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  lakes, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  level, 
  

   is 
  about 
  3.5 
  miles 
  long. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  falls 
  of 
  any 
  magnitude 
  on 
  

   this 
  creek. 
  For 
  the 
  first 
  5 
  miles 
  from 
  its 
  mouth 
  Fish 
  creek 
  rises 
  

   245 
  feet, 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  

   Canada 
  lakes, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  4 
  miles, 
  the 
  rise 
  is 
  390 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  tributary 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  is 
  Spruce 
  creek, 
  

   which 
  has 
  a 
  total 
  length 
  from 
  its 
  mouth 
  to 
  its 
  head 
  in 
  the 
  Eaton 
  

   millpond 
  of 
  about 
  8.7 
  miles, 
  the 
  total 
  rise 
  in 
  this 
  distance 
  being 
  

   about 
  550 
  feet. 
  Just 
  below 
  the 
  Eaton 
  millpond 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fall 
  of 
  

   180 
  feet 
  in 
  2000 
  feet. 
  At 
  Salisbury 
  Center, 
  Spruce 
  creek 
  falls 
  85 
  

   feet 
  in 
  about 
  900 
  feet. 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  In 
  1904 
  there 
  are 
  twelve 
  

   dams 
  on 
  Spruce 
  creek. 
  The 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  Dolgeville 
  is 
  taken 
  

   from 
  Cold 
  brook, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  Aside 
  from 
  

   the 
  development 
  at 
  Dolgeville, 
  and 
  small 
  developments 
  at 
  

   Beardslee 
  falls 
  and 
  at 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  other 
  points, 
  very 
  little 
  use 
  has 
  

   thus 
  far 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  It 
  

   is 
  probable, 
  however, 
  that 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  of 
  

   this 
  stream 
  will 
  be 
  nearly 
  all 
  utilized. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  a 
  manuscript 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  of 
  East 
  

   Canada 
  creek, 
  by 
  S. 
  E. 
  Babcock, 
  the 
  fall 
  in 
  this 
  stream 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  1500 
  feet 
  from 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  is 
  very 
  slight. 
  

   At 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  first 
  rapids 
  are 
  encountered, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   proposed 
  to 
  develop 
  a 
  water 
  power, 
  with 
  a 
  head 
  of 
  about 
  60 
  to 
  70 
  

   feet. 
  About 
  1000 
  to 
  1200 
  feet 
  farther 
  upstream 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  fall 
  of 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  feet. 
  This 
  takes 
  one 
  to 
  the. 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   so-called 
  Beardslee 
  falls, 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  proposed 
  to 
  construct 
  an 
  extensive 
  system 
  of 
  

   power 
  development 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  dams 
  on 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek, 
  

  

  