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West Canada Lake Wilderness 📍

The West Canada Lake Wilderness Area is an Adirondack Park Forest Preserve management unit in the town of Ohio in Herkimer County and the towns of Morehouse, Arietta, Lake Pleasant and Indian Lake in Hamilton County. It is bounded on the north by the Moose River Plains area and private lands in the vicinity of Little Moose Lake, Squaw Brook, Snowy Mountain and Squaw Mountain; on the east by NY 30, lands of International Paper and the Spruce Lake-Piseco Lake trail; on the south by private lands north of NY 8, the South Branch of West Canada Creek and an access road to private lands; on the west by West Canada Creek and private lands east of Honnedaga Lake.

The area contains 168 bodies of water covering 2,400 acres (9.6 km2), 78.3 miles (126 km) of foot trails, and 11 lean-tos. The 133-mile Northville-Placid Trail traverses it.

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Falls Pond Creek

Andy | September 10, 2022

Monday September 3, 2012 — Falls Pond — Falls Pond 🗺

Map: Junius Pond Unique Area

Pillsbury Lake

Andy | September 25, 2021

Lots of color looking across Pillsbury Lake although the leaves are gone from the higher elevations.

Sunday September 27, 2020 — West Canada Lake Wilderness — Brooktrout And Deep Lake 🗺 — Cedar Lakes 🗺 — Deep Pond Trail 🗺 — Pillsbury Lake 🗺 — Spruce Lake 🗺 — T Lake Trail 🗺 — West Canada Lakes 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚

Terrain Map: Mohawk Noses and Gravel Pit in 1956

Falls Pond

Andy | September 1, 2021

Quite a pretty little lake, tucked away in West Canada Lake Wilderness.

Monday September 3, 2012 — Falls Pond — Falls Pond 🗺

Map: Follensby Clear Pond

Cedar Lake

| August 28, 2021

Saturday August 31, 2019 — West Canada Lake Wilderness — Brooktrout And Deep Lake 🗺 — Cedar Lakes 🗺 — Deep Pond Trail 🗺 — Pillsbury Lake 🗺 — Spruce Lake 🗺 — T Lake Trail 🗺 — West Canada Lakes 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚

Map: Severence Hill Trail

Boardwalk

Andy | September 28, 2020

This boardwalk, while totally unneccessary with the dry soils of recent, was a nice place to sit.

Sunday September 27, 2020 — West Canada Lake Wilderness — Brooktrout And Deep Lake 🗺 — Cedar Lakes 🗺 — Deep Pond Trail 🗺 — Pillsbury Lake 🗺 — Spruce Lake 🗺 — T Lake Trail 🗺 — West Canada Lakes 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚

Map: Hanging Bog Wildlife Management Area - Orthophoto