Henderson Lake (New York)

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Henderson Lake
Brooklyn Museum - Lake Henderson, Adirondacks - Charles Day Hunt - overall.jpg
Henderson Lake circa 1881
Location of Henderson Lake in New York, USA.
Location of Henderson Lake in New York, USA.
Henderson Lake
LocationNewcomb, Essex County, New York
Coordinates44°05′30″N 74°04′01″W / 44.0916574°N 74.0670277°W / 44.0916574; -74.0670277Coordinates: 44°05′30″N 74°04′01″W / 44.0916574°N 74.0670277°W / 44.0916574; -74.0670277[1]
Lake typeNatural lake
Primary inflowsIndian Pass Brook, Santononi Brook, Harkness Brook
Primary outflowsHudson River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area281 acres (1.14 km2)[1]
Surface elevation1,814 ft (553 m)[1]
Lake Henderson looking north northwest towards Wallface Mountain
Henderson Lake circa 1914

Henderson Lake is a lake in the Adirondack mountains in the town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York in the United States. It was named in 1826 after David Henderson, one of the founders of the Elba Iron Works near Lake Placid, New York,[2] and of the Upper Works at Tahawus, New York.[3] The lake is mainly cited by cartographers as the place where the Hudson River as named officially begins, flowing out of the eastern end and outlet of the lake.[4][5][6] Unofficially, the source of the river is traced up Indian Pass Brook and other watercourses to Lake Tear of the Clouds.[7]

The Hudson River flowing out of Henderson Lake in Tahawus

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c "Henderson Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Donaldson pp. 137.
  3. ^ Donaldson pp. 137-138.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hudson River
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Pass Brook
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calamity Brook
  7. ^ "Natural History of the Hudson River". Hhr.highlands.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2014.

Sources[]

  • Donaldson, Alfred Lee. "A history of the Adirondacks, volume 1". The Century Co. New York, 1921.
  • Stanne, Stephen P., Panetta, Roger G., and Forist, Brian E. "The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living River". Rutgers University Press, 1996.


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