Beautiful, rocky Leola Creek on the town side of Rediscovery, a little downstream from the reservoir we’re going to be talking about a lot in the next several posts. I now have a name for the large island in the pool (Finger Island) but not the pool itself. Heck I suppose I’ll just call it Finger Res., after the dominating island. Makes sense for now.
And here it is: The most prominent “finger” (finger-shaped rocky penninsula) of Finger Island protruding into Finger Lake or Reservoir. It’s really quite an odd phenomenon, and to double the mystery there’s another similar if smaller finger on the other side. I should call it Fingers Lake/Fingers Island probably, but those don’t have the same ring as Finger Lake/Finger Island. So I’ll just credit the more prominent example in the names.
This is, by the way, what I’d consider a classic shot of The Finger from the path running along the north side of the lake.
Finger Lake as seen from the west. I was on the lower rocks of the banned Rediscovery waterhole I’ve mentioned before when taking these shots. I dare not go further upstream for fear of being seen by passing cars on Leola Creek Road, especially a police car. 😮 It’s difficult to see someone from much of Finger Island from the same road.
The Finger itself from the bordering weeds. It’s really an odd phenomenon. Basically straight as an arrow and equally wide down its approx. 20 foot length it is, until we reach a neatly tapered end. Through information that’s starting to stream in from other directions, let’s say, I think an association with The Point of Herman Park’s Drink Lake may be in order. I’ll go into that further later on, if so.
The Finger from another point of Finger Island.
A bay on the south side of the lake as seen from the island.
The second, smaller and slightly lower “finger” of the island. I think I’ll call it “The Pinkie” or just Pinkie. But you can tell it is of very similar design. The further description of “spookily similar” is not out of order here I don’t believe.
The Pinkie points directly toward the banned Leola Creek waterhole in the background.
Finger Lake dam on the pool’s opposite side from its dominating island.
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