Every named reservoir in the Adirondack Park — flood-control basins, drinking-water sources, and the impoundments anchoring the southern watersheds.
Lake Placid — the body of water, not the village — is a 935-acre reservoir that anchors the town's center, flanked by Mirror Lake to the north and the Olympic speed skating oval and Main Street commerce along its eastern shore. The lake serves as both the geographic and social hub: public beach and boat launch on the north end, the Lake Placid Club grounds along the west shore, and enough open water to host sailing regattas, dragon boat festivals, and the occasional Ironman swim leg. No wild shoreline here — this is the working lake of an Olympic village, with docks, lakefront lodges, and a paved recreation path that rings the perimeter. The Ausable River feeds in from the south; the outlet drains north toward the Chubb River and eventually the Saranac system.
