| County: |
Hamilton |
| Town: |
Arietta |
| USGS Map: |
Morehouse Mt |
| Waterway: |
East Canada Creek |
| Latitude: |
N 43.27511o
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| Longitude: |
W 74.66275o
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| Drop: |
15' |
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Accessing Bray House Falls, also known as The Potholers, from the
road is quite easy. Getting to this roadside parking area is
something else! NYS Route 8 runs east-west through the heart
of the Adirondack Mountains between Poland and Speculator, New
York. In the area of Piseco Lake, Route 10 begins and leads
south. About 1.2 miles from Route 8, just after crossing a bridge over the Piseco Outlet, there will be a road on your
right. Although we are told it is known as the Powley Road,
there are no signs that we saw that identifies it. At about
10.4 miles down this dirt road, you will cross a creek. If
you miss it, almost immediately after it is a gate, that was open
when we were there in 2011. This may be the Hamilton/Fulton
County line.
Park on the roadside and proceed downstream ... to your left as
you were approaching. The stream you are following is the
Brayhouse Brook. Within 0.1 miles, you will reach a junction
of this brook with the East Canada Creek. Turn left and go
upstream another 0.1 miles to the falls. For those who may
be curious, our information is that the brook is Brayhouse but the
falls are Bray House. Maybe someday we will determine why
there is a difference. Also, the falls are not on the
Brayhouse Brook, but are on East Canada Creek.
As for the falls, they are a multi-step drop that is almost a
natural waterslide running along an estimated 25' of the
river. It is a very pretty location and an excellent place
to sit on the rocks and enjoy your picnic lunch or at least a
drink and a snack.
Our pictures were taken in September 2011. Most
certainly, there would have been a much higher volume of water
flowing in the spring of the year.
The East Canada Creek flows into the Mohawk River between
Little Falls and St. Johnsville. The Mohawk then flows to
the Hudson before reaching the
Atlantic Ocean.
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