Arietta is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census. The town was named after the mother of one of the first settlers, Rensselaer Van Rennslaer.
Wells is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Joshua Wells, a land agent, who built the first mills in the area. It is in the Adirondack Park and on the eastern border of the county. It is northwest of Schenectady.
The Great Sacandaga Lake is a large lake situated in the Adirondack Park in northern New York in the United States. The lake has a surface area of about 41.7 square miles (108 km2) at capacity, and the length is about 29 miles (47 km). The word Sacandaga means "Land of the Waving Grass" in the local native language. The lake is located in the northern parts of Fulton County and Saratoga County near the southern border of the Adirondack Park. A small portion also extends northward into southern Hamilton County. The broader, south end of the lake is northeast of the City of Johnstown and the City of Gloversville. Great Sacandaga Lake is a reservoir created by damming the Sacandaga River. The primary purpose for the creation of the reservoir was to control flooding on the Hudson River and the Sacandaga River, floods which had a historically significant impact on the surrounding communities.
The Sacandaga River is a 64-mile-long (103 km) river in the northern part of New York in the United States. Its name comes from the Native American Sa-chen-da'-ga, meaning "overflowed lands".
The Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Lake Pleasant, Wells and Indian Lake in Hamilton County and the towns of Johnsburg and Thurman in Warren County. It is one of the larger wilderness areas of the Northeast; extending about 18 miles (29 km) from north to south and about 13 miles (21 km) from east to west at its widest part.
The West Branch Penobscot River is a 117-mile-long (188 km) tributary of the Penobscot River through the North Maine Woods in Maine. The river is also known as Abocadneticook, Kahgognamock, and Kettegwewick.
West Branch Sacandaga River converges with the Sacandaga River in Blackbridge, New York.
Piseco Lake is located in Hamilton County, New York, near the hamlet of Piseco in the Adirondack Mountains. The outflow is Piseco Outlet, which flows into the West Branch Sacandaga River. In the early 1800s Joshua Brown, who was a surveyor in the area, named the lake after a Native American named "Pezeeko" who lived on the lake.
The East Stony Creek drains Lizard Pond and flows into the Sacandaga River north of Northville, New York.
The West Stony Creek flows into the Sacandaga River north of Northville, New York.
The Kunjamuk River flows into the Sacandaga River in Speculator, New York.
The Shanty Brook flows into the Sacandaga River east of Speculator, New York.
Dunning Brook flows into the Sacandaga River north of Wells, New York. The creek drains Charley Lake, Gilman Lake, and Dunning Pond.
Daly Creek flows into the Sacandaga River near Overlook, New York.
Fly Creek flows into the Sacandaga River near Speculator, New York.
Robbs Creek flows into the Sacandaga River near Speculator, New York.
Coulombe Creek flows into the Sacandaga River near Hope, New York.
Doig Creek flows into the Sacandaga River in Hope, New York.
Sand Creek flows into the Sacandaga River in West Day, New York.
Paul Creek flows into the Sacandaga River in Day Center, New York.
