New York's Largest Artificial Lake Is An Outdoor Paradise In The Adirondacks For Fishing & Camping
This massive artificial lake boasts 125 miles of shoreline, perfect for outdoor adventures in the southern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. If you're a Northeasterner craving a swim, a cast, and a camp in the mountains — but not an hours-long drive through elevated terrain — rejoice. Nestled in the accessible southern foothills of the Adirondacks is a freshwater utopia, with 125 miles of shoreline and 42 square miles of surface area. Great Sacandaga Lake is New York State's largest artificial lake. (The only four that are larger, Cayuga Lake, Lake George, Seneca Lake, and Oneida Lake, were all carved by glaciers.) It was created in 1930 when officials dammed the Sacandaga River — a major tributary of the Hudson — aiming to reduce flooding in downriver towns like Troy and Albany. Some 38 billion cubic feet of Sacandaga River water pooled behind the Conklingville Dam, submerging…
