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Schroon River

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Coordinates:43°28′50″N73°48′50″W / 43.48056°N 73.81389°W /43.48056; -73.81389

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River in the United States of America

A woman canoeing on the Schroon River. — Schroon River at GPS (43.697730, -73.793533)

TheSchroon River (/ˈskruːn/SKROON)^[1] is a 67.7-mile-long (109.0 km)^[2] tributary of theHudson River in the southernAdirondack Mountains ofNew York, beginning at the confluence of Crowfoot Brook and New Pond Brook nearUnderwood, and terminating at the Hudson inWarrensburg. Itswatershed is entirely within theAdirondack Park. The river runs through the towns ofNorth Hudson,Schroon,Chester,Bolton, andWarrensburg.

'The Big Drop' on the Schroon River, GPS (43.617471, -73.745444)

Interstate 87, the Adirondack Northway, follows the Schroon River valley from Warrensburg to Underwood.U.S. Route 9 takes a parallel course from Warrensburg toSchroon Lake, then follows the river through Underwood.

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^Malone, Destiny (May 25, 2012)."The "Official" Way To Pronounce 'Schroon' Lake".Adirondack.net. RetrievedNovember 3, 2016.Sharon Piper from the Schroon Lake Bed & Breakfast was courteous enough to help me out. ... "Regarding the correct way to say our town, it is SKroon (like school)," said Piper. "Many people say Shroon (like mushroom) but that is not it, and we snicker behind our hands when people do that."
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011