Lake Flower
This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2014) |
| Lake Flower | |
|---|---|
| File:Saranac Lake - Lake Flower.jpg Lake Flower from Riverside Park in Saranac Lake | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Location | Franklin County and Essex County, New York |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Type | man made lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 300 acres (120 ha) |
| Surface elevation | 1,529 ft (466 m)[1] |
Lake Flower is a 300-acre (120 ha) lake in Franklin County and Essex County in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York in the United States. The lake was created by damming the Saranac River in 1827. It was originally called the Mill Pond, but was later named for New York Governor Roswell P. Flower. It is the only lake within the village of Saranac Lake. The village and the lake are divided between the towns of Harrietstown and North Elba. The lake shore is almost entirely in private hands.
It is the site of the annual Willard Hanmer Guideboat & Canoe Race held each July in Saranac Lake since 1962; it is a race of ten miles (16 km), for guideboats, canoes and kayaks. The Adirondack Canoe Classic, a three-day 90-Mile race from Old Forge to Saranac Lake, ends on Lake Flower.
Lake Flower is the source of ice for Saranac Lake's Ice Palace, built each year during Winter Carnival.[2]
Sources
[edit | edit source]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Flower
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Harder, Kelsie B., and Poole, Carol Payment, Place Names of Franklin County, New York, TEACH Services, Inc., 2008, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Jamieson, Paul and Morris, Donald, Adirondack Canoe Waters, North Flow, Lake George, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club, 1987. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).