East Pool is a 20-acre pond in the Old Forge township — part of the low-elevation lake country west of the central High Peaks, where the park transitions from vertical relief to quietwater paddles and second-home shorelines. No fish data on file with DEC, which typically means either limited public access or a pond that doesn't sustain stocked populations — common for smaller waters in subdivided or private-land corridors. The Old Forge area is best known for the Fulton Chain and its feeder ponds; East Pool sits off that main axis, likely overlooked by most paddlers pushing toward bigger water or the Moose River Plains.
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