Every named reservoir in the Adirondack Park — flood-control basins, drinking-water sources, and the impoundments anchoring the southern watersheds.
Carthage Reservoir is a one-acre municipal impoundment in the Old Forge area — the kind of working water that shows up on USGS quads but not in guidebooks. No public access, no fish stocking records, no trail connections — this is infrastructure, not recreation. If you're looking for a paddle or a cast in the Old Forge corridor, you're ten minutes from the Fulton Chain, where the actual lake country starts.
Cascade Reservoir Number 5 is one of several small impoundments in the Moose River drainage near Old Forge — working reservoirs built for flow control, not recreation. At 25 acres it's one of the smaller units in the chain, tucked into softwood flats west of the main corridor, the kind of water you pass on a forest road and file away as *possible canoe access if you know the landowner situation*. No fish data on record, no established public access, no reason to seek it out unless you're mapping the watershed or counting reservoirs. If you want a paddle near Old Forge, start with the Fulton Chain.
