Salmon River (New York)

General data

Water type: River
Progression: Lake Ontario -> St. Lawrence River -> Gulf of St. Lawrence -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Description

The Salmon River is a small river north of Syracuse in Upstate New York, the United States. It is a popular and economically important sportfishing destination, and the most heavily fished of New Yorks Lake Ontario tributaries. From its headwaters in the Tug Hill region of New York, it flows 71 km westward through two hydroelectric dams and over the 34 m Salmon River Falls before it empties into eastern Lake Ontario at Port Ontario in Oswego County. The Salmon River watershed drains approximately 730 km2.

Salmon River (New York)

General data

Description

Artificial lakes

Salmon River Reservoir

Catches