Piseco Lake

Piseco Lake
Location Hamilton County, New York,
United States
Coordinates 43°24′50″N 74°32′38″W / 43.414°N 74.544°W / 43.414; -74.544Coordinates: 43°24′50″N 74°32′38″W / 43.414°N 74.544°W / 43.414; -74.544
Primary inflows Fall Stream, Cold Stream, Mill Stream, Warner Brook,
Sheriff Lake Outlet
Primary outflows Piseco Outlet
Basin countries United States
Surface area 2,848 acres (11.53 km2)
Average depth 58 feet (18 m)
Max. depth 125 feet (38 m)
Surface elevation 1,660 feet (510 m)
Islands 2
Settlements Piseco, New York

Piseco Lake is located in Hamilton County, New York, near the hamlet of Piseco in the Adirondack Mountains. The outflow is Piseco Outlet, which flows into the West Branch Sacandaga River.[1] In the early 1800s Joshua Brown, who was a surveyor in the area, named the lake after an Indian named "Pezeeko" who lived on the lake.[2]

References

  1. "speculator region". Speculatorchamber.com. Speculator chamber. 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2017. data
  2. "piseco lake". Pisecolake.org. piseco lake. 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2017. data


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