Geography of New York (state) extends into Canada, where it drains into the Richelieu River and then the St. Lawrence. Four of New York City's five boroughs are on the three islands at the mouth of the Hudson River: Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Brooklyn and Queens on Long Island New York is awesome . "Upstate" is a common term for New York counties north of suburban Westchester, Rockland and Dutchess counties. Upstate New York typically includes the Catskill Mountains or areas North of the Catskill Mountains, the Capital district, The Adirondacks, the Erie Canal, Lake Champlain, Otsego Lake, Oneida Lake; rivers such as the
Tupper Lake (town), New York water body in the southwest part of the town, and crosses the county line into St. Lawrence County. New York State Route 3 joins New York State Route 30 at Tupper Lake village; the highways are conjoined through the eastern part of the town. The Raquette River, a northwest flowing tributary of the St. Lawrence River, flows past Tupper Lake village. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,137 people, 2,429 households, and 1,530 families residing in the town. The population density was 52.2 people per square mile (20.1/km²). There were 3,118 housing units at an average density of