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Square miles 



Forestport 268 



Beaver river, at mouth 338 



Beaver river, at Beaver Falls 322 



Moose river, at mouth 416 



Moose river, at Agar's mill 407 



Deer river, at mouth 102 



Deer river, at Deer River village 101 



Woodhull creek 108 



Otter creek (one-half mile above mouth of creek) 63 



Independence creek, at mouth 99 



Independence creek (three miles above mouth) 93 



The length of Black river, measured along its course from its 

 mouth at Black River bay to the headwaters, is 112 miles. 



The section drained by the upper river in Herkimer and Hamil- 

 ton counties is a rugged, mountainous region, with numerous 

 lakes, a number of which have been utilized by the State of New 

 York as storage reservoirs to compensate for water taken for the 

 supply of the Black river and Erie canals. 



The extreme headwaters of the main river are Canachagala 

 lake, North lake and South lake. Other lakes on the headwaters 

 of the main river are Woodhull, Little Bisby Chain lakes. Little 

 Woodhull, Chub, Long, White and a number of others. The chief 

 tributaries of Black are the Moose and Beaver rivers, both of 

 which rise in Hamilton county and flow across Herkimer into 

 Lewis county. The principal lakes at the head of Moose river 

 are Two Sisters, Pigeon, Big Moose, Second, Cascade, Fulton 

 Chain, Lime Kiln and Little Moose lakes. The principal lakes at 

 the headwaters of the Beaver river are Lakes Lila and Francis, 

 Josephine, Nehasane, Big Rock, Little Rock, Salmon, Loon and 

 Twitchell lakes and others. 



Other smaller tributaries of Black river are Black creek, Little 

 Woodhull creek, Big Woodhull creek, Crystal brook, Otter creek, 

 Independence creek, Crystal creek, Swiss creek, Moose creek, 

 Sugar river, Whetstone creek, Roaring creek. Mill creek, Deer 

 river and other small streams. 



