The Mohawk River joins the Hudson here at the old village of Waterford, NY (whose name is the whole story of its past). At no other confluence of rivers that I've been to have I seen a sign THIS LARGE (or any signs at all, for that matter) showing boaters the way. It's quite impressive. An interesting feature of this sign, however, is that it says nothing of the rivers, but points to the cities, the canals, oh and the one natural feature, Lake Champlain. The rivers might as well not be there. Meanwhile, the area is quite pretty and looks to be a good place to paddle sometime. The Mohawk has several slow-moving branches around some islands. The Hudson is large, but controlled by the dam at Troy, so it's pretty steady. Nice place.
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