Raquette River

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History and catchment area of ​​the Raquette River

The Raquette River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in the north of the State of New York.

The river has its source in the Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. It flows predominantly in a northerly direction. Here it flows through the lakes in the upper reaches Raquette Lake, Forked Lake, Long Lake and Tupper Lake. Then there are a series of dams along the river: Carry Falls Reservoir, Stark Falls Reservoir, Blake Falls Reservoir, Rainbow Falls Reservoir and South Colton Reservoir. The river happened after the city of Potsdam, and places like Norwood, Norfolk and Raymondville. In the lower reaches, the Raquette River turns to the northeast, happened Massena and opens across from Cornwall and Cornwall Iceland river island in the St. Lawrence River.

The river can be navigated by canoe or kayak.

Hydropower plants

On Raquette River are numerous hydroelectric power plants, which are operated by Brookfield Power. Their total installed capacity is 181 MW.

Boralex operates north of the Potsdam Laufwasserkraftwerk Sissonville with 3 MW. The case height is 4.88 m. The complex was built in 1989-1990. Its capacity is 60.4 m³ / s, the catchment area of ​​434 km ².

Hydropower plants on the Raquette River in the downstream direction: