Canada Lake, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Caroga town. It lies in ZIP code area 12032. It lies near Stoner Island. The Survey maps it on the Canada Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
On record in Canada Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Kane Mountain Fire Observation Stationlisted 2001 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1901 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Canada Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Canada Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Canada Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Canada Lake between 1996 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BOULDER |
| 26 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BROOMSTICK LAKE CAMPFIRE |
| 9 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CAROGA FIRE |
| 9 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NINE CORNER LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canada Lake in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 8 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canada Lake | 8 hurt, $1,000,000 | At least 59 structures and 18 vehicles were damaged or destroyed at Pine Lake Campground due to downed trees from thunderstorm winds. An estimated 200 trees fell at the campground and 8 people were injured due to being struck by downed trees and limbs. Every electrical wire at the 66 acre campground was downed. The damage was estimated to be more than $1 million. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canada Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canada Lake | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canada Lake | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canada Lake | - | Local law enforcement reported a tree, power lines, and a power pole down on Sandy Point Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canada Lake | - | Trees were downed in Pine Lake. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelerville | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Caroga Lake | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Newkirk | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Stewart Landing | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Glasgow Mills | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Peters Corners | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| North Bush | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bleecker Center | 6.4 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Canada Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65051304 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945727. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











