Salmon River Falls, a 110-foot waterfall on the Salmon River in northern New York, long served as seasonal fishing grounds for Onondaga, Oneida, and Cayuga people because upriver salmon were halted there. By the early 1800s, new roads began bringing visitors, and in the later 19th century the falls became a regional tourist draw, sometimes called High Falls. Shaped by erosion of hard Oswego sandstone above softer Pulaski shale, the site also supports uncommon plant life and bald eagles. Hydroelectric projects between 1912 and 1930 diverted much of the river, but state ownership in 1993 and restored flow releases from 1996 helped revive the falls’ appearance and appeal.