Eagle Lake (Hamilton County, New York) facts for kids
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Looking east on Eagle Lake toward Blue Mountain
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Location | Hamilton County, New York |
Coordinates | 43°50′49″N 74°28′46″W / 43.8469884°N 74.4795673°W |
Type | Lake |
Primary inflows | Marion River |
Primary outflows | Marion River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 180 acres (0.73 km2) |
Max. depth | 31 feet (9.4 m) |
Shore length1 | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
Surface elevation | 1,791 feet (546 m) |
Settlements | Eagles Nest, New York |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Eagle Lake is a 180-acre lake in the Adirondacks of New York. Eagle Lake is part of the Eckford Chain, and is the central lake of the chain, with Blue Mountain Lake and Utowana Lake. It is the site of Eagle Nest camp, a historic Adirondack Great Camp built in 1937 and still owned by the Hochschild family.
Fishing
Fish species present in Eagle Lake are lake trout, white sucker, sunfish, black bullhead, atlantic salmon, yellow perch, and smallmouth bass. Access by channel from Utowana Lake or Blue Mountain Lake.
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