| Northeast
Watersheds |
County |
Population Centres |
Rivers, Streams |
Lakes, Reservoirs |
Estuary |
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| St. Lawrence River |
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St Lawrence, pop
107,740[1] |
Potsdam, (village) pop 8891[2] |
Oswegatchie River (3,590 river/stream miles) |
Black Lake (7,754
lake/reservoir acres) |
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Franklin, pop 50,022[3] |
Fort Drum, pop 12, 955
(2010)[4] |
Raquette River (2,016 miles) |
Cranberry Lake (6,795
acres) |
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Jefferson (see Black River WS) |
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Saint Regis River (1,734 miles) |
Raquette Lake (5,194
acres) |
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Lewis (see Black River WS) |
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Grass River (1,607 miles) |
Tupper Lake (4,858
acres) |
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Herkimer (see Mohawk River WS)[5] |
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Indian River (1,222 miles, included within the Oswegatchie watershed) |
Long Lake (4,094 acres) |
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Hamilton, (see Upper Hudson WS)[6] |
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Small parts of western
Essex and Clinton Counties. |
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(see Lake Champlain River WS) |
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| https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48021.html |
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| · Salmon Creek
Watershed Plan |
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| · Maxwell Creek
Watershed Plan |
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| population in St. Lawrence WS |
157762 |
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| Lake Champlain River |
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Clinton, pop 80,485[7] |
Plattsburg, pop 19,515[8] |
Ausable River (767 river miles) |
Lake George (28,523
acres) |
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Beekmantown, pop 5476[9] |
Saranac River (662 miles) |
Upper Saranac Lake
(4,844 acres) |
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Essex, pop 36,885[10] |
Lake George, pop <5000 |
Great Chazy River (545 miles) |
Lower Saranac Lake
(2,145 acres) |
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Southwest portion of Franklin County, |
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Boquet River (532 miles) |
Lake Placid (1,954
acres) |
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Eastern portion of Warren County, and |
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Mettawee River (390 miles) |
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Northern portion of Washington County. |
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Ticonderoga Creek/Lake
George (380 miles) |
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| https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48369.html |
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| Lake Champlain Phosphorus Reduction Plan (PDF) |
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| population in Lake Champlain
WS - approx |
117370 |
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| Black River |
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Jefferson, pop 109,834[11] |
Watertown, pop 24,838[12] |
Moose River (872 river/stream miles) |
Stillwater Reservoir
(6195 lake/reservoir acres) |
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Carthage, pop <5000 |
Beaver River (624 miles) |
Fulton Chain of Lakes
(4310 acres) |
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Lewis, pop 26,296[13] |
Lowville, pop <5000 |
Independence River (207 miles) |
Lake Lila (1,414 acres) |
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Deer River (201 miles) |
Big Moose Lake (11,286
acres) |
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Herkimer (see Mohawk River WS) |
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Hamilton (see Upper Hudson WS) |
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Oneida (see Mohawk River WS) |
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| https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48374.html |
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| Population in Black River Watershed -
approx |
136130 |
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| Population in the Northeast
Watersheds |
411262 |
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