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Raqnette river. This river flows northerly through St Lawrence 

 conntv, entering the St Lawrence river near the Canadian line. 

 It drains a long, narrow catchment area, extending from the 

 north part of Hamilton county to the St Lawrence river. The 

 upper portion of the catchment is a flat plateau, with many lakes, 

 furnishing opportunities for storage at reasonable cost. After 

 leaving this plateau, the stream descends rapidly, forming many 

 excellent sites for water-power developments. 



The following are the main divisions of the catchment area of 

 Eaquette river: 



Square miles 



Above Piercefield 695 



Above Hannawa Falls 967 



Above Massena Springs 1,188 



Above mouth 1,240 



The following gives the water-surface areas and the catchment 

 areas of some of the lakes on the upper plateau tributary to 

 Eaquette river : 



Surface Catchment 

 area. area, 

 square miles square miles 



Blue Mountain lake 2.0 39 



Eaquette lake 10.0 94 



Forked lake 2.3 40 



Long lake 8.7 152 



Little Tupper lake 4.0 59 



Big Tupper lake 7.5 



Storage can be secured in Big Tupper, Little Tupper, Long and 

 Eaquette lakes at a reasonable cost, owing to their being bordered 

 by cheap flatland, a great portion of which is a part of the State 

 Forest preserve. 1 



Storage reservoirs can be built at other points on the Eaquette, 

 notably at Moosehead in township 6 on Cold river, and on Moose 

 creek. 



1 This statement does not take into account that there is at present a 

 constitutional provision against the cutting of forests. 



