Meacham Lake is a lake eight miles north of Paul Smiths in Franklin County, New York in the

Adirondack Park The Adirondack Park is a part of New York's Forest Preserve in northeastern New York, United States. The park was established in 1892 for “the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure”, and for watershed protection. The park ...

. It is long, north to south, and wide. The lake is found at an elevation of . Most of the lake is in the town of Duane; the southernmost shore is in the town of

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

. The state purchased the most of the land around the lake in 1931-32, and it is a part of the

Debar Mountain Wild Forest The Debar Mountain Wild Forest is a tract designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the northeastern Adirondack Park, just north of Paul Smiths, in Franklin County. The area includes of state l ...

; motors are permitted on the lake. There is a campground operated by the

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection ...

at the north end of the lake. Fish include northern pike, yellow perch, and bullhead. The

Osgood River The Osgood River (french: rivière Osgood) is a tributary of the Palmer River, which is a tributary of the Bécancour River, in Quebec, in Canada; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Osgood River ...

, flowing north out of

Osgood Pond Osgood Pond is a five hundred acre lake in the hamlet of Paul Smiths, Town of Brighton, Franklin County, New York. It is the site of White Pine Camp, the Summer White House of President Calvin Coolidge, and of the historic Northbrook Lodge, li ...

is the principal source of Meacham Lake; it is drained by the East Branch of the

St. Regis River The St. Regis River (or rivière Saint-Régis in Quebec) is an river in northern New York in the United States. It flows into the Saint Lawrence River at the hamlet of Saint Regis in the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation. The Saint Regis River ...

. The lake was originally discovered by the late Thomas Meacham.

Sources

* Paul Jamieson and Donald Morris, ''Adirondack Canoe Waters, North Flow'', pp. 142, 149-150. Lake George, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club, 1987.

References

External links

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Meacham Lake Campground
{{authority control Lakes of New York (state) Lakes of Franklin County, New York