| County: |
Lewis |
| Town: |
Diana |
| USGS Map: |
Natural Bridge |
| Waterway: |
Blanchard Creek |
| Latitude: |
N 44.06656o |
| Longitude: |
W 75.43580o
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| Drop: |
~15' |
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This site is located on the McCoy Road in northern Lewis
County. To get here, locate Natural Bridge on NYS
Route 3, between Carthage and Harrisville. Going east on
Route 3, the first right will be named the Old State Road.
The first right off this is the Henry Road. This will end at
a "T" at the McCoy Road. Take a right and just
past the first home on the right is the trail head.
Please note that the trail head is not clearly marked and this
area is posted. We were with a DEC official who noted that
the posting was relatively new. It wasn't posted when he was
there a couple of years ago. We called the number on the
sign and explained what we were doing. The lady on the other
end of the line very graciously granted us permission to access
it. The bad news is that after getting back from this trip,
we discovered that our pictures left a bit to be desired. We
apologize for that and will have to get back and try to improve
upon them. We should also note that the home here had a for
sale sign so it is not certain if the next owner will also post
it.
The creek is not far at all off the road. Just upstream
from here is the Blanchard Pond. There appears to be a
man-made dam at the outlet which forms part of this
waterfall. It has been there for decades. One could
assume that there might have been a mill there at one point in
time but we don't know that for certain. To clarify,
these falls are technically unnamed. We have given them this
name simply because of their location. We have also been
told that they have been known locally as Knickerdocker
Falls. That is not a mis-spelling! At one point, this
property was owned by a Dr. Knickerdocker and the locals called
them this.
The Blanchard Creek joins the Indian River a short distance
downstream of this location, just below the hamlet of Natural
Bridge. The Indian continues its flow downstream through Black
Lake. Then it joins the Oswegatchie River which flows to the
St. Lawrence River in Ogdensburg.
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