Lake Algonquin 📍

Lake Algonquin is the center of the small hamlet of Wells, easily seen from Route 30, with a few nice boating access points.

Wells is a nice hamlet stretching for about three miles along Lake Algonquin, a town owned lake that is yet another dammed up part of the Sacandaga River. To the north, there’s a small but free sandy town lake beach at the foot of the Route 30 bridge. Also, the town maintains a free dock and boat launch on the west side of the lake.

http://www.adirondackscenicbyways.org/resource/lake-algonquin.html

🖼️ Photos
Thematic Map: US Highway System
Map: Mountain House Trail and North Mountain
Map: South Bradford State Forest

May 22, 2016 Afternoon

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Good afternoon. 63 degrees and cloudy this afternoon at Lake Algonquin. Went for a minor swim in the Sacandaga River before they turned the hydro plant on this morning. Those rocks tend to be slick on the shore. I was fishing there but once the plant ramped up the turbidity of the stream really increased. So now I’m fishing on the lake.

Been camping the past two nights up towards the end of Pumpkin Hollow Road up in Wells. Been somewhat cloudy but not a washout. Sprinkles most of this morning. But some sun yesterday. Spent a lot of time reading book on fishing in an effort to improve my technique. Been a nice quiet weekend.