FALL STREAM canoeing and camping.
JESSUP RIVER WILD FOREST, Adirondack Park, NY. Fall Stream flows into the east end of Piseco Lake. May 8-9, 2016 - Fall Stream canoe camping. Day 1 - Camped just before Vly Lake after paddling 4.4 miles, the only obstruction being a big beaver dam. Side-trip to boggy Mud Lake (In the Adirondack Park, there are 43 Mud Ponds, 21 Long Ponds, 16 Clear Ponds, 16 Round Ponds, 14 Lost Ponds, 14 Rock Ponds, 14 Deer Ponds, 13 Grass Ponds, 12 Buck Ponds, 10 Lily Pad Ponds & 10 Bear Ponds) from Vly Lake, one small beaver dam to pull over. 7.5 miles for the day. Day 2 - Fall Stream upstream of Vly Lake - paddled 2 miles from Vly Lake, several obstructions (at 0.6 miles carry around 100-yard rapids, soon after 4 trees down across stream; passed Willis Vly outlet at 1 mile; big beaver dam offered deeper water for a while, then at a shallow rocky area beached the canoe & walked 0.2 miles to the bridge on snowmobile trail. Saw 3 otters on the paddle out; harrier, osprey, swallows, yellow w...