Tupper Lake (New York)

Tupper Lake
Boathouses on the lake
Tupper Lake Location within New York Tupper Lake Location within the United States
Location	Adirondack Park, Altamont / Piercefield, New York, US
Coordinates	44.17°N 74.54°W / 44.17; -74.54
Primary inflows	Raquette River, Bog River
Primary outflows	Raquette River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	5,230 acres (21.2 km2)
Surface elevation	1,545 ft (471 m)
Islands	County Line Island, Bluff Island, Birch Island-for sale
Settlements	Village of Tupper Lake

Tupper Lake (a.k.a. Big Tupper Lake) is located in the state of New York in the United States. The lake is in the Adirondack Park and crosses the county lines of St. Lawrence County and Franklin County.

Tupper Lake was discovered by Native Americans indigenous to the area around the 16th century. The lake was named after a land surveyor named Ansel Tupper who was the first European to have seen the lake. It is aligned in a northeast to southwest direction along its length. The lake is fed and drained by the Raquette River.

The lake is located in the towns of Tupper Lake, New York (Franklin County) and Piercefield (St. Lawrence County). The Village of Tupper Lake is at the northeast end of the lake in the Town of Tupper Lake. The village is adjacent to Raquette Pond, an arm of the lake at its northwest end. Another arm of the lake, Lake Simond (also known as Simond Pond and Simon Pond), is south of the village. Some of the islands in the lake include County Line Island and Bluff Island.

Racquette Pond

Local fish fauna

Tupper Lake has a variety of fish within its local fauna. Common species that can be found within the lake consist of the Brown Bullhead, Landlocked Atlantic Salmon, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow Smelt, Redbreast Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, and the Yellow Perch. Rare species that can be found consist of the Cisco, and the Tiger Muskellunge.