The Little Trout River is a
tributary
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of the
Trout River, flowing in
Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Park is a part of Forest Preserve (New York), New York's Forest Preserve in northeastern New York (state), New York, United States. The park was established in 1892 for “the free use of all the people for their health and pleasur ...
, in
Franklin County, New York
Franklin County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. To the north across the Canada–United States border are the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, from east to west. As of the 2020 census, the county popula ...
, in
New York State
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, in
United States
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.
This valley is mainly served in New York, the nearby road is Constable Street and State Highway 30.
The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. Safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
Geography
The small Trout River rises at the mouth of a small lake located between Soulia Mountain and
Baldy Mountain
There are a number of peaks named Baldy:
Canada
*Baldy Mountain (Manitoba), ,
*Big Baldy Mountain (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
Big Baldy Mountain is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located west of Gold River ...
in the
Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondack Mountains (; a-də-RÄN-dak) form a massif in northeastern New York with boundaries that correspond roughly to those of Adirondack Park. They cover about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2). The mountains form a roughly circular ...
, in
Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Park is a part of Forest Preserve (New York), New York's Forest Preserve in northeastern New York (state), New York, United States. The park was established in 1892 for “the free use of all the people for their health and pleasur ...
. This source is located southwest of Lower Chateauguay Lake, south of the Canada-US border, and north-west of Upper Chateauguay Lake.
From its source in
Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Park is a part of Forest Preserve (New York), New York's Forest Preserve in northeastern New York (state), New York, United States. The park was established in 1892 for “the free use of all the people for their health and pleasur ...
, the Little Trout River descends , according to the following segments:
* towards the west in a deep valley, crossing a zone of marsh by bending towards the north in order to circumvent the Soulia Mountain, until a stream (coming from the east);
* north-west in a generally deep valley, to the village bridge of Burke;
* north-west in a generally deep valley, to the outlet of Alder Brook;
* first towards the west, curving towards the northwest forming a few loops at the end of the segment, until its mouth.
Little Trout River Topo Map in Franklin County NY.
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The Little Trout River flows into a bend on the east bank of the Trout River, south of the Canada
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border. From there, the current descends the course of the Trout river on generally towards the north, then the northeast; then the course of the Châteauguay river
The Chateauguay River (or Chateaugay River in the United States, moh, Oshahrhè:’onKaronhí:io Delaronde and Jordan Engel, The Decolonial Atlas, Haudenosaunee Country in Mohawk, February 4, 201Link/ref>) is a tributary of the South Shore of th ...
on to the south shore of lac Saint-Louis
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Lake St. Louis is a widening of the St. Lawrence River ...
, at Châteauguay
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, southwest of Montreal
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.
See also
* Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Park is a part of Forest Preserve (New York), New York's Forest Preserve in northeastern New York (state), New York, United States. The park was established in 1892 for “the free use of all the people for their health and pleasur ...
,
* Franklin County, New York
Franklin County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. To the north across the Canada–United States border are the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, from east to west. As of the 2020 census, the county popula ...
* 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. stat ...
* Trout River
* Châteauguay River
The Chateauguay River (or Chateaugay River in the United States, moh, Oshahrhè:’onKaronhí:io Delaronde and Jordan Engel, The Decolonial Atlas, Haudenosaunee Country in Mohawk, February 4, 201Link/ref>) is a tributary of the South Shore of th ...
, a stream
* List of rivers of New York
References
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Rivers of New York (state)
Rivers of Franklin County, New York