The South Branch Grasse River drains a wide swath of northwestern Adirondack forest before joining the main stem near the hamlet of Clare — working country, not High Peaks, where the water runs shallow over gravel and the shoreline is more likely to be posted private than marked for public access. Much of the corridor is hemmed in by private land and active timber operations, so boat access and fishing pressure are light compared to the nearby St. Regis Canoe Area or Raquette River. If you're tracing water through this part of the park, the South Branch is more often crossed by logging roads than paddled — a river you see from a bridge, not a put-in.
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