Indian River.

The Indian River drains west from the Fulton Chain through the heart of Old Forge, threading under bridges and past town docks before emptying into the Moose River — more working river than wilderness water, but it defines the grid. Paddlers use it as a connector route between Fourth Lake and the Moose, though in low water by mid-summer it's shallow enough to scrape a hull on bedrock. The stretch through town sees motorboat traffic, canoes staging for longer trips, and the occasional angler working the eddies below the NY-28 bridge. Best known locally as the river you cross a dozen times driving through Old Forge — functional water in a resort town, not a destination in itself.