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DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 



Akietta: Its surface is much broken, and it contains a great 

 number of wild, picturesque lakes, Piseco being the largest, 

 five miles in length. The principal streams are branches of the 

 Sacandaga and Moose rivers, and West Canada Creek. A con- 

 M'it Table amount of lumbering is carried on. 



Benson: The surface is rough and mountainous. The prin- 

 cipal streams are the South Branch and other branches of the 

 Sacandaga River. 



Hope : The surface is broken and mountainous. The Sacan- 

 daga River is the principal stream, the principal tributary of 

 which is East Stony Creek. Between these two streams lies the 

 main range of mountains. 



Indian Lake: The surface is broken and mountainous. The 

 principal streams are Cedar and Indian rivers, both branches 

 of the Hudson. Indian Lake, which lies at a height of 1,650 

 feet, extends about eight miles into the southern part of the 

 town. Several smaller lakes, including Blue Mountain Lake, 

 occupy portions of the valleys in various parts. There are a 

 number of high peak?, among them being Snowy Mountain 

 (3,900 ft.), Panther Mountain (3,865 ft.), and Blue Mountain 

 (3,759 ft). 



Long Lake : The surface is very broken and numerous lakes 

 are scattered through its forests. Among these are Long, Round, 

 Little Tupper, and Raquette lakes. The latter with its ninety- 

 nine miles of shore line and the forest-covered slopes bordering it, 

 is especially beautiful. Round Lake, thirteen miles in length, is 

 a well-known summer resort. The longest bridge in the county 

 crosses this lake. 



Inlet: The surface is broken and mountainous. The prin- 

 cipal streams are the north branch of West Canada Creek and 

 the south branch of the Moose River. In the northern part 

 lie some of the lakes belonging to the Fulton Chain, widely known 

 as summer resorts. 



Lake Pleasant: The surface is broken and mountainous, 

 much of it still being a wilderness. Several lakes extend through 

 the valleys, inr-luding Sacandaga Lake and Lake Pleasant. 



