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Sprite Creek
Sprite Creek is a river in Fulton County, New York, Fulton County and Herkimer County, New York, Herkimer County in the U.S. State of New York (state), New York. It begins at Canada Lake northwest of the Hamlet of Caroga Lake, New York, Caroga Lake, and flows through Lily Lake (New York), Lily Lake before converging with the East Canada Creek northeast of the Village of Dolgeville, New York, Dolgeville. References Rivers of Fulton County, New York Rivers of New York (state) {{FultonCountyNY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oppenheim, New York
Oppenheim is a town in Fulton County, New York, United States. The town is in the southwestern corner of the county and is east of Utica. The population was 1,924 at the 2010 census. History The town was first settled ''circa'' 1791 by Palatine Germans from Oppenheim, Germany. The town of Oppenheim was established in 1808 from the town of Palatine in Montgomery County, before the formation of Fulton County. In the 1810 U.S. Federal Census, the name of the town was spelled, "Upenheim." When Fulton County was formed in 1838, the south part of Oppenheim was used to form the town of St. Johnsville, which remained in Montgomery County. The early occupations of townspeople were associated with dairy and cheese-making activities. Beaversprite, a nature refuge, was founded in Oppenheim in the 1930s. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.54%, is water. The northern part of the town is in the Adirondac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Lake (New York)
Lily Lake is a lake in Fulton County in the U.S. State of New York. It is located southwest of the Hamlet of Canada Lake. Fish species present in the lake are northern pike, largemouth bass, black bullhead, rock bass, yellow perch, and pumpkinseed sunfish. There is access via Sprite Creek from Canada Lake Canada Lake is a lake located in the Caroga, New York, Town of Caroga in Fulton County, New York, Fulton County in the U.S. State of New York (state), New York. Unlike the nearby Caroga lakes, Canada Lake is very deep which provides colder water .... References {{authority control Lakes of New York (state) Lakes of Fulton County, New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as Stream#Creek, creek, Stream#Brook, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to Geographical feature, geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "Burn (landform), burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation through a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolgeville, New York
Dolgeville is a village in Herkimer and Fulton counties, New York, United States. The population was 2,206 at the 2010 census. The village is named after the industrialist Alfred Dolge. The village is mostly in the eastern part of the town of Manheim (Herkimer County), but is partly in the western edge of the town of Oppenheim (Fulton County). Dolgeville is east of Utica. History The village was founded in 1794 by Samuel Low with the construction of two mills. A grist mill and later a saw mill were built by Captain John Favill on Ransom Creek about 1795. Soon a little settlement sprang up as other settlers moved in; with a blacksmith shop, tannery and school house. Families by the names of Ayers, Spencer, Ransom, Spofford, Lamberson, Brockett and Rundell soon followed and settled the adjoining lands which they cleared for farms. The area was at first called "Green's Bridge" in 1805, as a settler named Green built a bridge over East Canada Creek. In 1826 the area received its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Canada Creek
East Canada Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 river in upstate New York (state), New York, United States. It is a tributary of the Mohawk River and flows southward from New York's Adirondack Park. The name "Canada" may be derived from the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, St. Lawrence Iroquoian word ''Kanata'', meaning "village"; the name may also refer to the creek's importance as a trail to Canada in colonial times. Course The creek is formed northeast of Powley Place, New York, Powley Place in the Arietta, New York, Town of Arietta in Hamilton County, New York, Hamilton County, where it is created by the confluence of smaller streams. It goes on to form part of the boundary between Herkimer County, New York, Herkimer, Fulton County, New York, Fulton, and Montgomery County, New York, Montgomery counties. It also flows through the Dolgeville, New York, Village of Dolgeville, after passing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroga Lake, New York
Caroga Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Caroga, New York, Caroga, Fulton County, New York, Fulton County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 518 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The hamlet is in the southern part of the town of Caroga and is northwest of Gloversville, New York, Gloversville. Two lakes, West Caroga Lake and East Caroga Lake are located next to the hamlet. Geography The community of Caroga Lake is situated in northern Fulton County in the southern Adirondack Mountains, centered on a peninsula between West Caroga Lake to the west and East Caroga Lake to the south. The CDP area includes both of the lakes and the developed land surrounding the lakes. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 25.89%, is water. New York State Routes New York State Route 10, 10 and New York State Route 29A, 29A intersect at the center of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Lake
Canada Lake is a lake located in the Caroga, New York, Town of Caroga in Fulton County, New York, Fulton County in the U.S. State of New York (state), New York. Unlike the nearby Caroga lakes, Canada Lake is very deep which provides colder water for species such as trout to survive. There is an annual draw down on the lake by way of a control structure on the outlet of Stewart Landing. The impoundment of this water has created a lake complex of Lily Lake (New York), Lily Lake, Canada Lake, West Lake (New York), West Lake and Green Lake (Fulton County, New York), Green Lake. Fishing Fish found within this lake include brown trout, brown bullhead, lake trout, chain pickerel, smallmouth bass, lake whitefish, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. Canada Lake has excellent fishing for both brown trout and lake trout in the deeper parts of the lake. Smallmouth bass can be found along the rocky shores of Canada Lake. History The lake's north shore road was built in the 1840s providing eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratford, New York
Stratford is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Fulton County, New York, Fulton County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 610 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northwestern corner of the county, northeast of the village of Dolgeville, New York, Dolgeville. It was named after Stratford, Connecticut. History The town comprises patents of various pre-Revolutionary grants, including part of the extensive land grants of Sir William Johnson. Settlement began ''circa'' 1800, by settlers from Connecticut. The town was formed in 1805 from the town of Palatine, New York, Palatine while still part of Montgomery County, New York, Montgomery County. Part of the town was removed in 1842 to create part of the town of Caroga, New York, Caroga. The population of Stratford was 353 in 1810. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.34%, is water. The northern town line i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (state)
New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state by area. With 20.2 million people, it is the fourth-most-populous state in the United States as of 2021, with approximately 44% living in New York City, including 25% of the state's population within Brooklyn and Queens, and another 15% on the remainder of Long Island, the most populous island in the United States. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east; it has a maritime border with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the northwest. New York City (NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and around two-thirds of the state's popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroga, New York
Caroga is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Fulton County, New York, Fulton County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,205 at the 2010 census. The town was named after a local creek. Caroga is in the northern part of the county, northwest of Gloversville, New York, Gloversville and Johnstown (city), New York, Johnstown. History The town was first settled ''circa'' 1783. The town was created in 1842 from parts of the towns of Bleecker, New York, Bleecker, Johnstown (town), New York, Johnstown, and Stratford, New York, Stratford. The name of the town is an altered spelling of Garoga [Creek], which flows south from the town towards the Mohawk River. The industry of the early town was based on lumber and Tanning (leather), tanning. By 1890, the population was 624. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 6.73%, is water. Caroga is inside the Adirondack Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town (New York)
The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local services in the State of New York. The state is divided into boroughs, counties, cities, townships called "towns", and villages. (The only boroughs, the five boroughs of New York City, have the same boundaries as their respective counties.) They are municipal corporations, chartered (created) by the New York State Legislature, as under the New York Constitution the only body that can create governmental units is the state. All of them have their own governments, sometimes with no paid employees, that provide local services. Centers of population that are not incorporated and have no government or local services are designated hamlets. Whether a municipality is defined as a borough, city, town, or village is determined not by population or land area, but rather on the form of government selected by the residents and approved by the New York Legislature. Each type of local government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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