| Canadarago Lake | |
|---|---|
 View of Lake from Elm Street Ext, looking south | |
  Canadarago Lake Location within New York  Canadarago Lake Canadarago Lake (the United States) | |
| Location | Otsego County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°48′55″N 75°00′22″W / 42.8152°N 75.0062°W[1] |
| Type | Lake |
| Primary inflows | Ocquionis Creek, Mink Creek, Hyder Creek, Herkimer Creek |
| Primary outflows | Oaks Creek |
| Catchment area | 67.34 sq mi (174.4 km2)[2] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 4.04 mi (6.50 km)[2] |
| Max. width | 1.38 mi (2.22 km)[2] |
| Surface area | 1,917 acres (7.76 km2)[1] |
| Average depth | 24.75 ft (7.54 m)[2] |
| Max. depth | 44 feet (13 m)[2] |
| Water volume | 15,600,000,000 US gal (59,000,000 m3)[2] |
| Shore length1 | 10 miles (16 km)[3] |
| Surface elevation | 1,280 feet (390 m)[1] |
| Islands | 2 Deowongo Island, Loon Island (sunken) |
| Settlements | Richfield Springs, Schuyler Lake |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Canadarago Lake is a 1,917-acre (7.76 km2) lake located in Otsego County, New York and is the source of Oaks Creek.[4] The Village of Richfield Springs is located at the lake's northern end.[5] It is the second largest lake in Otsego County, lying to the west of and parallel to the larger Otsego Lake. The lake's name is also spelled "Candajarago Lake" or "Caniadaraga Lake".
The lake has two islands. One island is known as Deowongo Island. The island's name is said to mean, "Place of Hearing", coming from the Oneida Iroquois nation’s language, and was given to the island because of the echo that was noticeable from that body of land. The island was protected in October 2012 and is currently open for public access. The other island is Loon Island which is a sunken island that disappeared in the early 19th century.[6][7]
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- ^ a b c d e f "Canadarago Lake Watershed Protection Plan - SUNY Oneonta". www.oneonta.edu. Oneonta, NY: State University of New York at Oneonta. September 1, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ "Canadarago Lake". dec.ny.gov. Albany, NY: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ^ "Oaks Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ Hitton, Shanti (2018). "Tourist Attractions in Richfield Springs, New York". traveltips.usatoday.com. usatoday.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ urtz, don (2010). "Canadaragos two islands". www.rsmercury.com. Richfield Springs, NY: mercury. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "The Lore of Sunken Island". theusgenweb.org. 1874. Retrieved 4 April 2019.