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West Canada Lake Wilderness

11 camps mapped · 11 free · tap a dot for its page
CampsiteCedar Flow 6Cedar Flow 7Sucker Brook 1Cedar Lake Dam 1Mud Lake TentsitesSpruce Lake TentsiteIndian River CampsiteJessup River TentsitesCedar Lake Dam TentsiteWest Lake Former Caretaker Clearing Tentsites05 miN
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camp (tap to open) townno boundary drawn — we do not have this unit’s polygon

Camp here — West Canada Lake Wilderness

11 camps mapped in this wilderness, 11 of them free. Tap one for its topo and aerial, the weather, the water, and how far you will be from fuel and a shower.

  1. FreeCedar Flow 7Carry Pond (water) · 9 mi from Sagamore
  2. FreeSucker Brook 1Falls Brook (stream) · 7 mi from Sabael
  3. FreeCedar Lake Dam 1Grassy Brook (river) · 10 mi from Sagamore
  4. FreeMud Lake TentsitesMud Lake (water) · 11 mi from Piseco
  5. FreeSpruce Lake TentsiteSpruce Lake (water) · 8 mi from Piseco
  6. FreeJessup River TentsitesBloodgood Brook (stream) · 5 mi from Piseco
  7. FreeWest Lake Former Caretaker Clearing TentsitesSouth Lake (water) · 11 mi from Herkimer Landing
  8. FreeCampsite 
See all 11 on the live map →

Where the camps cluster

Where these came from

Sites come from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's own Primitive Campsite GIS layer, which marks each designated site and flags whether it is open to the public. DEC primitive sites are free, first-come, and carry no reservation.

There is no field guide to this wilderness yet — we write those from sources we can cite, and we have not done this one. The map, the camps and the costs are ready now.

These camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit — except where a camp page says otherwise. No boundary is drawn for this wilderness because we do not hold its polygon; the dots are the camps, not the edge of the land. Permits, seasons and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.