Eel Weir State Park is open year-round with picnic areas. Twenty miles in length, Black Lake is the longest of the Indian River Lakes and a natural fish factory. Back in Ogdensburg, the oldest city in St. Lawrence County, be sure to visit Frederick Remington Art Museum with this artist's famous bronze sculptures, watercolors, oils and sketches not only of the Old West but of the North Country as well. This section has three state parks and two wildlife management areas. The Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area is on the Wilson Hill Bicycle Loop which crosses the Raquette River via an old steel bridge closed to motorists.
Wildlife is everywhere - songbirds, deer, foxes, herons, hawks, and many varieties of waterfowl.
Look for numerous opportunities to camp, canoe, swim, and raft along this route also. Just north of Massena, the Eisenhower Lock has a viewing platform for a close-up look at an international parade of oceangoing and lake vessels from May to October. Near the dams at Robert Moses Power Dam you may see snowy owls, Icelandic gulls, and raptors. Finally, at Rooseveltown you can take the Seaway Trail International Bridge to Cornwall, Ontario and Canada.