The Middle Branch Grasse River drains north through low-relief state forest between Tupper Lake and the St. Lawrence County line — a wooded watershed corridor that's more working forest than destination waterway. Access is scattered along logging roads and older DEC easements; this isn't the Branch you float or fish with any regularity, but it's the kind of water that shows up on your topo when you're hunting grouse or tracking a deer toward the Tooley Pond tract. The stretch south of Clare sees occasional brook trout; the lower miles flatten into alder tangles and beaver meadows. If you're looking for the Grasse River people actually paddle, you want the Main Stem out of Cranberry Lake.
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