West Canada Creek.

West Canada Creek flows north from the southern Adirondack plateau through Old Forge and into the Black River — a long, cold-water drainage that's more central New York workhouse than High Peaks showpiece. The river has a split personality: whitewater sections upstream of Old Forge draw paddlers in spring runoff, while the slower stretches near town see canoes, tubes, and summer traffic from the resort corridor. Historically a log-drive river (the sluiceways and remnant dams are still visible in places), and still a working waterway for anglers who know where the deeper pools hold trout below the shoals. Access is scattered — town parks, road crossings, and informal pull-offs — but the Old Forge tourism office keeps current maps of put-ins and portages.