Tour of Westernmost Finger Lakes: Hemlock Lake

Hemlock Lake is one of two small Finger Lakes that supply 

the city of Rochester with clean beautiful water.

Our water in Syracuse comes from another of the Finger Lakes, Skaneateles.

We all consider ourselves very fortunate.

Skaneateles on a Cold Rainy Day

Skaneateles: First Snow in Uplands South of the Lake

Skaneateles Lake

A relatively small Finger Lake at 16 miles long, average three quarters of a mile across, and average 150 feet deep and 300 feet deep at its deepest point, the topography of this lake clearly shows the effects of glacial scouring. The Finger Lakes were scoured more deeply than depth measurements would indicate as sediment has since filled them to some extent.  All eleven of the Finger Lakes flow north into the Lake Ontario basin.

Skaneateles Lake

Yesterday before the rain the wind ran straight north, up the lake. Any ice near the shore at the north end had been broken up by big waves and was crashing against the wall making sounds like breaking glass.
Skaneateles is one of the smaller Finger Lakes and is the source of much of the water for the city of Syracuse. We appreciate it a lot. 
These lakes are formed in the trenches gouged by glaciers. 
We say skanny.atlas, with four syllables. Other people extend it to five. Or pronounce the first one skinny.