| Directions
This site is located near the end of the
Carry Falls Road, which is off the Stark Road.
Between the hamlet of South
Colton and the intersection with NY 3 at Sevey Corners, NY
56 runs through a fairly remote region. Fairly distant from any
sizable community. Several miles from either end,
the Stark Road is one of the few paved roads that exits
east from NY 56. |
| County: |
St. Lawrence |
| Town: |
Colton |
| USGS Map: |
Stark |
| Waterway: |
Raquette River |
| Latitude: |
N 44.45093o |
| Longitude: |
W 74.76644o
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| Drop: |
20' |
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Once on the Stark Road, the Carry Falls Road will be the first
right. Unpaved and a dead-end, you can't miss this location.
Having said that, and now that you know how to get there, you have
most of the picture. There is little more to say and even
less to see. It is a fairly large power dam and there is a
picnic area and river access for canoeing and kayaking.
There is, however, absolutely nothing left of the waterfall that
once existed at this location. The dam at this site, operated by
Brookfield Power, holds back a
region known as Carry Falls Reservoir. This dam, completed in
1953, was the first completed in the Raquette River Power
Development Project. This project was started by the Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation in 1951.
The Raquette River empties into the St. Lawrence River in
Massena, New York.
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