Ice Cave Creek runs through the Old Forge area — a named tributary in the Fulton Chain watershed, but not a destination water in the way that the bigger flow-throughs and ponds tend to be. The name suggests either a local cold-pocket microclimate or a historical ice-harvesting point, both common in this part of the central Adirondacks where spring-fed creeks stayed cold enough to matter before refrigeration. No fish species data on record, which usually means it's either too small, too seasonal, or simply unmapped by DEC surveys. If you're poking around Old Forge backcountry and cross a creek with this name on the sign or the USGS quad, you've found it — but it's not the reason you're out there.
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