Every named reservoir in the Adirondack Park — flood-control basins, drinking-water sources, and the impoundments anchoring the southern watersheds.
Indian Lake is the largest lake entirely within the Adirondack Park — a 2,255-acre reservoir created in 1898 when the Jessup River was dammed at its outlet, flooding farmland and timber tracts in the central Adirondacks. The modern shoreline wraps around the hamlet of Indian Lake (town and lake share the name), with NY-28 and NY-30 meeting at the north end — a supply-stop crossroads for paddlers, snowmobilers, and through-traffic between Blue Mountain Lake and Speculator. Boat launches at the north end and along the eastern shore make this a flatwater paddling hub rather than a backwoods destination; the scale and fetch mean open-water conditions, not pond stillness. The reservoir's fish population has cycled through stocking programs over the decades, but no species list is currently maintained by DEC.
Ireland Vly is a 267-acre reservoir in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — one of the quieter backwaters in a watershed dominated by the main lake's recreation traffic. The name survives from the pre-dam era, when this was a natural vly (wetland meadow) before the Sacandaga River system was impounded in the 1930s. No fish records on file, which tracks with many of the shallow, marshy arms of the Sacandaga system — more attractive to waterfowl than anglers. Access and launch details are sparse; local knowledge rules here.
