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Seneca Lake

Historic Preservation: Landmark Society Names Five to Revive

January 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hotel CadillacThe Landmark Society of Western New York has announced its 2022-23 Five to Revive – a list that identifies opportunities for targeted, strategic revitalization. The announcement was made at a news conference last week at the Landmark Society headquarters in the Warner Castle in Rochester. [Read more…] about Historic Preservation: Landmark Society Names Five to Revive

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Department of Corrections, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Historic Preservation, Landmark Society of Western New York, Monroe County, Ontario County, Rochester, Seneca County, Seneca Lake

Catharine Creek Wildlife Area Meeting Planned

October 22, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Catharine Creek Wildlife Management AreaThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will host an open house to share details about a recently completed habitat management plan for Catharine Creek Wildlife Management Area, on Tuesday, November 1st.

The primary purposes of Catharine Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) are wildlife management, wildlife habitat management, and wildlife-dependent recreation. At the southern end of Seneca Lake, between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls, an unusual natural area has evolved. [Read more…] about Catharine Creek Wildlife Area Meeting Planned

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Catherine Creek WMA, Chemung Barge Canal, DEC, Finger Lakes, Montour Falls, nature, Schuyler County, Seneca Lake, Watkins Glen, Wildlife

Under Threat: Willard State Hospital at Seneca Lake

June 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Willard State Hospitals Hadley Hall c 1887Willard State Hospital in Romulus, Seneca County, NY has defined the physical landscape and cultural environment of its rural corner of the Finger Lakes region for nearly 175 years. The hospital complex was the largest of its kind in the 1870s, with dozens of buildings, open space, and working farms.

Once comprising over 1,000 acres, its current size is about 400 acres including a mile of Seneca Lake shoreline and an institutional cemetery containing approximately 6,000 burials. Despite the loss of several architecturally important buildings, about 70 buildings still stand today. [Read more…] about Under Threat: Willard State Hospital at Seneca Lake

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Crime and Justice, Department of Corrections, Empire State Development Corporation, Finger Lakes, Historic Preservation, Medical History, Preservation League of NYS, Public Health, Romulus, Seneca County, Seneca Lake, Willard State Hospital

Underwater Imaging of Seneca Lake Canal Shipwrecks Underway

August 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Seneca Lake underwater research project courtesy NYS Canal CorpThe Seneca Lake Archaeological and Bathymetric Survey Project is an underwater exploration occurring on Seneca Lake that aims to preserve the history of New York’s canals by using state-of-the-art equipment to capture never-before-seen images of intact canal shipwrecks from the early nineteenth century in the deepest waters of the lake. [Read more…] about Underwater Imaging of Seneca Lake Canal Shipwrecks Underway

Filed Under: History, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Archaeology, Education, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Finger Lakes, Maritime History, New York State Museum, NYS Canal Corporation, Sampson State Park, Seneca Lake, Shipwrecks, Transportation History

Seneca Lake Shipwrecks Program Planned

September 20, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Seneca Lake from Watkins GlenArthur B. Cohn is set to present “What Lies Beneath: Stories from Seneca Lake” at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site on Tuesday, September 24th at 6:30 pm.

The talk will focus on the first two seasons of the Seneca Lake survey and the significant shipwreck discoveries that will add to the understanding of the canal era when horses and mules walked the towpath.  Cohn will also outline the history of the Seneca Lake region and, based on his four decades of Lake Champlain experience, the logical expectation that shipwrecks would be present. [Read more…] about Seneca Lake Shipwrecks Program Planned

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Maritime History, Schoharie Crossing SHS, Seneca Lake, Shipwrecks

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