Table of Contents
Locator Map iv
Map Legend v
At-a-Glance Trip Planner xii
Foreword xxvi
Preface xxvii
Introduction xxviii
How to Use This Book xxxiv
Stewardship and Conservation xxxvi
Section 1 Southeastern New York
1 Accabonac Harbor 2
2 Hallock Bay (Long Beach Bay) and Little Bay 6
3 Sebonac Creek 9
4 Flanders Bay Tributaries and Peconic River 13
5 Carmans River 17
6 Stony Brook Harbor 21
7 Nissequogue River 24
8 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 27
9 Harriman State Park Lakes 31
10 Mohansic Lake and Crom Pond 46
11 Constitution Marsh 49
12 Canopus Lake and Stillwater Pond 53
13 Chodikee Lake 57
14 Tivoli Marshes-North Bay 60
15 Lake Taghkanic and Rudd Pond 63
16 Catskill Creek and RamsHorn Marsh 67
17 Basher Kill 70
18 Rio Reservoir 73
19 Mongaup Falls Reservoir 76
20 Cliff Lake 78
21 Toronto Reservoir 84
22 Lake Superior 87
Section 2 Central New York
23 Grafton Lakes and Dunham Reservoir 92
24 Fish Creek (Saratoga Lake) 95
25 Susquehanna River 99
26 Sangerfield River (Ninemile Swamp) 103
27 Dryden Lake 106
28 Old Erie Canal 109
29 Fish Creek to Oneida Lake 113
30 Gifford Lake/West Branch Fish Creek 119
31 Salmon River Reservoir 122
Section 3 Adirondack Park and Environs
32 Canada Lake and West Lake 128
33 Sacandaga River West Branch 131
34 South Bay 135
35 Lake George Northwest Bay 139
36 Putnam Pond 143
37 Ausable Marsh 146
38 Davis Lake and Salmon River 150
39 Taylor Pond 154
40 Moose Pond 157
41 Lake Kushaqua and Rainbow Lake 160
42 Osgood Pond, Jones Pond, and Osgood River 166
43 Deer River Flow and Horseshoe Pond 169
44 Osgood River and Meacham Lake 173
45 Saint Regis Lakes and Spitfire Lake 177
46 Saint Regis Canoe Area 181
47 Fish Creek Loops 194
48 Middle Saranac Lake 200
49 Lower Saranac Lake 2^4
50 Raquette River 207
51 Lows Lake (Bog River Flow) 211
52 Lake Lila 221
53 Little Tupper Lake, Round Lake, and Rock Pond 224
54 Long Lake 229
55 Harris Lake and Rich Lake 233
56 Essex Chain Lakes 239
57 Forked Lake 244
58 Blue Mountain, Eagle, and Utowana Lakes and Marion River 247
59 Lake Durant and Rock Pond 253
60 Cedar River Flow 256
61 Indian Lake 260
62 Eighth Lake (Fulton Chain) 264
63 Limekiln Lake 270
64 Moss Lake 273
65 Stillwater Reservoir 276
66 Beaver River Canoe Route 280
67 Long Pond, Round Pond, and Oswegatchie River West Branch 286
68 Oswegatchie River 290
69 Cranberry Lake 294
70 Five Falls, Rainbow Falls, and Blake Falls Reservoirs 298
71 Coles Creek 308
Section 4 Western New York
72 Crooked Creek 312
73 Red Lake and Indian River 315
74 Black River Bay 319
75 Lakeview Wildlife Management Area: North and South Colwell Ponds, Goose Pond, Floodwood Pond, and Lakeview Pond 322
76 Deer Creek Marsh 327
77 Sterling Valley Creek/The Pond 331
78 East Bay 334
79 Seneca River (Howland Island) 338
80 Clyde River 342
81 West River 345
82 Hemlock Lake and Canadice Lake 348
83 Mendon Ponds 352
84 Genesee River Gorge 356
85 Buck Pond 358
86 Salmon Creek and West Creek 364
87 Oak Orchard Creek 367
88 Tonawanda Creek 370
89 Buffalo River 373
90 Allegheny Reservoir 378
Nature Essays
Snapping Turtle: Hidden Dweller of the Pond 43
Beaver: Wetlands Engineer 81
Bald Eagle: National Bird Back from the Brink 117
River Otter: Playful Member of the Weasel Family 164
Adirondack Park 215
Loon: Voice of the Northern Wilderness 267
Blackflies and Mosquitoes: Scourges of the North 302
Carnivorous Plants: The Table Is Turned 361
Appendix A Camping and Cabin Information 381
Appendix B Further Reading 391
Appendix C Fish Advisories 392
List of Waterways 394
About AMC in New York 397
About the Authors 397
AMC Book Updates 398
