Calamity Brook drains the southwestern High Peaks, running roughly north from Flowed Lands through the Henderson Lake area before meeting the Hudson River near Tahawus — a key drainage in the upper Hudson watershed and a corridor that's seen everything from iron-ore operations to modern wilderness recovery. The brook flows through some of the most remote terrain in the Park, accessible primarily via the network of trails connecting Lake Golden, Flowed Lands, and the ghost town sites around the old Adirondack Iron Works. Water levels fluctuate with seasonal melt and summer storms; by late August it can run thin. The name sticks — whether from 19th-century logging mishaps or mining-era hardship, no one's entirely sure.
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