Salmon River Reservoir, also known as the Redfield Reservoir, is a man-made lake located near the hamlet of Redfield, New York. The reservoir was created with the completion of a hydroelectric dam in 1912. It has the capacity to hold 56,000 acre-feet (69,000,000 m³) of water.[2][3] It is the larger of the Salmon River's two reservoirs.

Salmon River Reservoir
View of the dam that impounds the upper Salmon River Reservoir, October 2008
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Location	Oswego County, New York, United States
Coordinates	43°32′39″N 75°55′10″W
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Salmon River
Primary outflows	Salmon River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	3,379 acres (13.67 km2)
Average depth	19 feet (5.8 m)
Max. depth	55 ft (17 m)
Shore length1	30.6 miles (49.2 km)
Surface elevation	938 ft (286 m)[1]
Islands	11 Burdick Island, Huckleberry Island
Settlements	Redfield, New York
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Fishing

Fish species present in the lake include brown trout, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, walleye, yellow perch, and pumpkinseed sunfish. Access is permitted by a concrete ramp off Orwell-Redfield Road, five miles (8.0 km) west of Redfield, and from County Route 17 in the hamlet of Redfield. A beach access launch is also available from the CCC Road off Orwell-Redfield Road, four miles (6.4 km) west of the hamlet of Redfield.[4]

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