| Directions
The Raquette River Road more or less parallels
the Raquette River. Starting just east of the
hamlet of South Colton, it runs for several miles.
This site would have been about 4.4 miles from the beginning
of this road on the South Colton end.
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| County: |
St. Lawrence |
| Town: |
Parishville |
| USGS Map: |
Rainbow Falls |
| Waterway: |
Raquette River |
| Latitude: |
N 44° 30'
50" |
| Longitude: |
W 74°
49' 03" |
| Drop: |
NA |
| Type: |
Historical |
| Region: |
Off NY 56, just
east of South Colton |
| Parking: |
NA |
| Trail type: |
NA |
| Length of hike: |
NA |
| Difficulty: |
NA |
| Accessibility: |
NA |
| Name: |
Official |
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There are dozens of power dams that now dot the Raquette River
in this section. Many of the dams are at locations of waterfalls
and some of them have replaced the waterfall that used to be there.
This is a slightly different situation.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information
System (GNIS) lists Gain Twist Falls as a historical waterfall.
The location of the former waterfall is near the lower end of the
Rainbow Falls Reservoir. This reservoir is over 2.7 miles
long. Gain Twist Falls was only about 1200 feet upstream from
where the Rainbow Falls Dam was constructed. Its location
is in the middle of the "lake" that was created by the
flooding in the 1950s when these dams were built.
The Raquette River empties into the St. Lawrence River in Massena,
New York.
Last update: June 13, 2016
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