Every named river in the Adirondack Park — the Hudson, the Moose, the Raquette, the Sacandaga, and the rivers that drain the High Peaks.
The Schroon River drains north from Schroon Lake through the town of Brant Lake and into the hamlet of Riverbank before eventually feeding Schroon Lake's outlet system toward the Hudson. Most paddlers know the lower stretches near Warrensburg for whitewater sections in spring, but through the Brant Lake region the river moves slower — farm fields, NY-8 crossings, and scattered access where local roads meet the water. Fishing pressure is light compared to the lake itself, and the corridor sees more use from locals launching car-top boats than from through-paddlers. For a quiet float between ice-out and mid-June, scout the shoulders off Schroon River Road where the banks flatten out.
The Schroon River drains north from Schroon Lake through the valley between the eastern High Peaks and Pharaoh Lake Wilderness — a long, winding corridor that sees more attention at its endpoint (Schroon Lake village) than along its middle stretches near Brant Lake. Access is scattered: a few highway crossings, some old logging road traces, and the occasional informal pull-off where locals put in canoes during spring runoff. The river moves fast in April and May, then drops to a meandering summer flow better suited to wading than paddling. Most anglers work the lake; the river itself stays quiet.
Spuytenduivel Brook runs through the Brant Lake region in the southeastern Adirondacks — a lesser-known drainage in a corner of the Park better known for private shoreline than public access. The name (Dutch: "in spite of the devil") suggests colonial-era settler frustration with a stream that likely floods, changes course, or otherwise resists taming. No fish data on record, no trails indexed to it, no DEC campsite clusters — this is feeder-stream territory, the kind of water you cross on a bushwhack or encounter as a culvert under a back road. If you're poking around Brant Lake proper or the hamlet roads south of Schroon, you've likely driven over it without noticing.
