Kayaking the Raquette River

We have grand plans to eventually kayak all navigable portions of the 170 mile Raquette River that starts in Blue Mountain Lake and ends in the St. Lawrence. Yesterday's paddle got us a bit closer to our goal.

The colors on the following maps are:
Red - parts we have already paddled
Blue - parts yet to paddle
Unmarked sections are not navigable, at least not by our definition.

The following map shows Blue Mountain Lake on the lower right, Raquette Lake on the left and Forked Lake at the top. Sometime soon we'll paddle through Blue Mountain, Eagle, and Utowana Lakes, thus finishing the first section.
The river goes over Buttermilk Falls as it leaves Forked Lake and then enters the aptly named Long Lake. We'll have to camp overnight in order to do this portion.
After the river leaves Long Lake it goes over Raquette Falls and then meanders all the way to Tupper Lake.
We have paddled from Raquette Falls to Tupper Lake and also from Raquette Pond (the north end of Tupper Lake) to Piercefield Dam.Earlier this week we paddled from Carry Falls Reservoir to Jamestown Falls. There are many falls and rapids between Piercefield Dam and Jamestown Falls so it is not clear how much of that portion we will be able to paddle, if any.
Some other time I'll describe the rest of the river on its way to the St. Lawrence.