Cranberry Lake is on the east branch of the Oswegatchie River in the Adirondack Park in New York in the United States. It is the third largest lake in the Adirondack Park (after Lake George and the Great Sacandaga Lake ). About 75 percent of the shoreline is owned by the State of New York. The 118,000-acre (480 km) Five Ponds Wilderness Area abuts its south shore, and the Cranberry Lake Wild Forest covers much of its remaining shoreline.
11-501: Most of the lake is in the eastern end of the Town of Clifton , but a small part of the east side of the lake is in the Town of Piercefield and a small part of the west side of the lake is in the Town of Fine . The lake is entirely in the south part of Saint Lawrence County, New York . On a north arm of the lake is the community of Cranberry Lake . On a western arm of the lake in the Town of Fine,
22-685: Is a state owned hard surface ramp on Route 3 by the outlet dam. There is also a state owned car top launch at the Cranberry Lake Campground and one more at the New York State Rangers School in Wanakena, New York . The lake was named for the extensive bogs that it once contained. In 1865, the state authorized the building of a dam on the east branch of the Oswegatchie that doubled the lake's surface area and killed thousands of trees,
33-519: Is the community of Wanakena , the location of the SUNY-ESF Ranger School . Several islands are within the lake, the largest being Joe Indian Island and Buck Island. The Cranberry Lake Biological Station, also part of State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), is located on Barber Point. A peninsula jutting into the lake from the north contains Bear Mountain and state camping facilities. One end of
44-536: The Cranberry Lake 50 is a popular destination for backpackers and traverses through both the hamlets of Cranberry Lake and Wanakena . There are several private camps on the lake's southern shore, including an island called Chair Rock Island. A large rock on Barber Point near the Biological Station bears an engraved memorial for the international fly casting champion of the late 1800s, Reuben Wood, designer of
55-468: The Bear Mountain Trail leaves from campsite loop 3. The other end, a trail head with plenty of good parking, is located much closer to the campground entrance. The hike is fairly rigorous, but from start to the top it is only about 1-mile (1.6 km). The lookout spot near the top provides a great view to the south and south west, mainly of Joe Indian and Buck islands. A fifty mile loop trail named
66-494: The Reub Wood fishing flies . There is a large camp setting called Wildcliffe Lodge (formerly "Hoppies" and then "Verns") that used to have an inn, bar and restaurant. The dining room was the former single room log cabin of Philo Scott, a hermit who married a local resident, Cordelia Stevens of Big Deer Pond , in 1856 and had eight children between 1858 and 1879. Chair Rock Lodge was another popular dining and lodging establishment on
77-681: The South Shore, but both are now closed. The Indian Mountain Club was also on the South Shore. "Sports" from downstate New York enjoyed dining, lodging and outdoor pursuits such as hunting, fishing and shooting. A large garden provided fresh vegetables and remnants of this still exist on private property abutting the Five Ponds Wilderness. Fish species present in the lake are smallmouth bass , northern pike , brook trout , rock bass , yellow perch , brown bullhead , sunfish and brown trout . There
88-521: The remaining lands of the former lumber companies. Clifton, New York Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 114475248 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:49:57 GMT Charles Lathrop Pack Too Many Requests If you report this error to
99-553: The stumps of which still remain in some areas. In 1902, the Rich Brothers Lumber Company purchased 16,000 acres (65 km) on the southwestern shore of Cranberry Lake and constructed a lumber mill. Housing for the millworkers was built in part from lumber salvaged from the company's abandoned Pennsylvania lumber operation. There were up to 1,500 workers at the Rich Bros. mill and associated industries. A logging railroad
110-746: The vicinity of Cranberry Lake to the New York State Ranger School in 1912. A businessman, Charles Lathrop Pack , donated 1,000 acres (4.0 km) of what today is the Cranberry Lake Biological Station to the New York State College of Forestry in 1923. Six years later, in 1929, the International Paper Company donated 500 acres (2.0 km) to the Ranger School. By 1940, the state had purchased most of
121-698: Was constructed connecting Wanakena to the Carthage & Adirondack Railroad at Benson Mines, starting operation in 1905. The railroad allowed tourists easy access to the area. In 1913, a second railroad called the Grasse River Railroad was built by the Emporium Lumber Company, connecting Cranberry Lake to the New York Central Railroad at Childwold Station near Conifer, New York. The Rich Bros. Lumber Co. donated 1,800 acres (7.3 km) in
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