Alger Island
Alger Island, also known as Big Island, is a small island located on Fourth Lake, part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes, within the Adirondack Park in New York State.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Fourth Lake, Herkimer County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Big Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thistle Island and Bartons Island.
Thistle Island
Islet
Thistle Island is an island on Fourth Lake in Herkimer County, New York. It is located east-northeast of Old Forge.
Sis Lake
Sis Lake is a small lake west of Eagle Bay in Herkimer County, New York. It drains east via an unnamed creek which flows into Bubb Lake. It lies on a trail between Bubb and Moss Lake.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eagle Bay and Inlet.
Eagle Bay
Hamlet
Eagle Bay is a hamlet on Route 28 in the town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York, United States. Eagle Bay is on the border of Herkimer and Hamilton counties, and borders Fourth Lake.
Inlet
Hamlet
Photo: Anne LaBastille, Public domain.
Inlet is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 355 at the 2020 census, up from 333 in 2010. The name is derived from its location at the eastern end of Fourth Lake, part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes.
Old Forge
Photo: Anne LaBastille, Public domain.
Old Forge is a village of about 750 people in the Adirondacks. As one of the western gateway communities of the Adirondack Park, Old Forge forms an extensive business district, primarily directed at tourism especially during the summer months.
Alger Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Herkimer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.74457° or 43° 44′ 41″ northLongitude
-74.87454° or 74° 52′ 28″ westElevation
1,706 feet (520 metres)Open location code
87M7P4VG+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 429790534OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Alger Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Island”
- Dutch: “Alger Island, New York”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alger Island”. Photo: Jeffrey Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0.