The Saint Regis Canoe Area in Adirondack Park is the largest wilderness canoe area in the Northeastern United States[disputed – discuss] and the only designated canoe area in New York state.

It contains the headwaters of the West and Middle Branch of the Saint Regis and the Saranac Rivers.

Only two of the lakes can be reached without a portage, or carry as it is known in the region.

Primitive canoe camping is permitted on many of the lakes and ponds.

[1] The area covers 18,400 acre (76 km2) in southern Franklin County, New York between Tupper Lake and Paul Smiths.