The Raquette River Wild Forest consists of lands laying west of the Lassiter Main Haul
Road and several smaller detached parcels. These detached parcels include; Garlough,
Stark, Catamount and Parameter, all lands acquired from Niagara Mohawk.
The Raquette-Jordan Boreal Primitive Area includes State lands laying east and south of
the Lassiter Main Haul Road and west of the St. Lawrence-Franklin County line. The
State owned lands comprising the Raquette River Corridor from the Colton-Piercefield
town line to the dam at Piercefield Flow are also part of this Primitive Area. The corridor
is generally 500 feet wide from the high water line on both banks of the river.
