| Directions
About 14 miles south of Malone on NY 30,
in the hamlet of Duane, CR 14 intersects. A little
more than seven miles west of here, you will come to a
canoe access parking area on the right. Just beyond
that there is a seasonally maintained access road on the right.
Park on the roadside near there. |
| County: |
Franklin |
| Town: |
Santa Clara |
| USGS Map: |
Santa Clara |
| Waterway: |
St. Regis River
East Branch |
| Latitude: |
N 44.67285o |
| Longitude: |
W 74.42753o |
| Drop: |
18' |
| Type: |
Curtain cascade |
| Region: |
CR 14 between
St. Regis Falls and Duane |
| Parking: |
Roadside |
| Trail type: |
Dirt |
| Length of hike: |
0.1 mile/2
minutes |
| Difficulty: |
Easy to moderate |
| Accessibility: |
Public |
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Although you can see the falls from the road, directly across from
this seasonal access road, there is a trailhead which leads to the
crest of the waterfall. From there you can make your way
down the shore without a lot of effort for down-river views.
There are also other routes from a hundred or so feet past this
road which leads to an area a little further downstream, but these
aren't clearly defined trails.
Above the main falls, there is a section of rapids that starts
with about a three foot plunge.
The main waterfall is two drops on either side of a small island in the middle of the river.
This island contains a half-dozen pine trees and a couple of hardwoods. The
channel on the near side is ten to twelve feet wide dropping in
two or three steps. On the other side of the island, the
channel is quite a bit wider, probably forty feet and is a single
plunge.
The St. Regis River flows north into Canada and then empties
into the St. Lawrence River a short distance downstream from the
New York/Quebec border.
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