The Cedar River Flow is a remote 640-acre (2.6 km2) shallow lake, created by the
Wakely Dam on the
Cedar River, where there are a number of campsites accessible via a gravel road, 14 miles (23 km) from
Indian Lake or 23 miles (37 km) from
Inlet
An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Overview
In marine geogra ...
. More campsites are accessible via canoe, around the Flow. It lies on the border between the
Moose River Plains Wild Forest and the
West Canada Lake Wilderness Area
The West Canada Lake Wilderness Area is an Adirondack Park Forest Preserve management unit in the State of New York, USA.
The area contains 168 bodies of water covering , of foot trails, and 11 lean-tos. The Northville-Placid Trail travers ...
. Fish species present in the lake include
brook trout
The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere ...
,
brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
, and
white sucker
The white sucker (''Catostomus commersonii)'' is a species of freshwater cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America, but it is also found as far south as Georgia and as far west as New Mexico. The fish is commonl ...
. There is a carry down boat access via a trail from the
Northville-Lake Placid Trail on the west shore. No motors are allowed on the Cedar River Flow.
Cedar River Flow is an excellent, secluded spot for wilderness paddling. The Moose River flows through the area and is enclosed near the camping area by a small dam with a bridge over it.
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Lakes of New York (state)