CCC built campgrounds and pond

USA / New York / Brushton /
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The Walter F. Platt Memorial Forest, universally referred to locally as the 'CCC Dam'. The Deer River was dammed and the forest thinned for camping space by the Civilian Conservation Construction, a Great Depression era works project that kept many locals off the bread lines. Had several pleasant weekend camp-outs here with my scout troop during the 1970s. Trout fishing was surprising good for such a little pond. Its outlet stream also provided several fine trout. Probably no serious aquatic life now: the pond is marsh-ing over. One-third gone in thirty years.
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Coordinates:   44°50'2"N   74°40'23"W
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