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Skaneateles Lake

Social and Religious Movements in Central New York

November 17, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Lithograph of a ca 1829 religious camp meeting by Alexander RiderCentral New York communities that flourished with canal-related development and rail connections throughout the 19th century also became hotbeds for religious and social movements of the early 1800s as the area’s population rapidly grew.

Religious freedom granted by the United States Bill of Rights combined with rapid societal and technological changes experienced by Americans living through western expansion fueled an American spiritual movement that was exemplified in the newly opened frontier of New York. [Read more…] about Social and Religious Movements in Central New York

Filed Under: Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Arcadia, Auburn, Black History, Canandaigua, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Nation, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, Elmira, Elmira College, Finger Lakes, Frederick Douglass, Geneva, Great Lakes, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Haudenosaunee, Hobart College, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Joslyn Gage Center, Lake Ontario, Liberty Party, Monroe County, Mormonism, Onondaga County, Ontario County, Palmyra, Political History, Quakers, Religious History, Rochester, Second Great Awakening, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seward House Museum, Skaneateles, Skaneateles Lake, Sodus Bay, Spiritualism, Suffrage Movement, Syracuse, Town of Huron, Underground Railroad, Wayne County, William Seward, Women's Sufferage, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, womens history

Bath Fish Hatchery: Home to Wild Finger Lakes Strain Trout

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Bath Fish HatcheryEstablished in 1893, New York State’s Bath Fish Hatchery in Steuben County and is one of the state’s oldest hatcheries and the only hatchery raising wild Finger Lakes strain rainbow trout. [Read more…] about Bath Fish Hatchery: Home to Wild Finger Lakes Strain Trout

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Bath, Bath Fish Hatchery, Broome County, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Chemung County, Finger Lakes, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Hemlock Lake, Keuka Lake, Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Otsego Lake, Owasco Lake, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Steuben County, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Trout, Yates County

144 Acres Protected Near Skaneateles Lake

September 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

O'neill Parcel courtesy Central New York Land TrustThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and The Central New York Land Trust (CNYLT) have announced the acquisition of 144 acres of land near Skaneateles Lake, a  drinking water source for 190,000 Central New Yorkers.

The  John O’Neill property is located on the east side of County Line Road in the town of Skaneateles, Onondaga County. [Read more…] about 144 Acres Protected Near Skaneateles Lake

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Central New York Land Trust, DEC, Finger Lakes, Monroe County, Onondaga County, Skaneateles, Skaneateles Lake, Syracuse, water quality

Euro-American Expansion Into The Finger Lakes Region

August 27, 2023 by Guest Contributor 7 Comments

Map of the State of New York (1802) by Simeon DeWitt, (Library of Congress, Geography & Map Division)The Treaty of Paris of 1783 officially ended hostilities between the British and Americans; however, the treaty did not include the allied Indian Nations, leaving their legacy treaties with the Europeans unresolved and their future to be resolved through separate treaties with the new American government. [Read more…] about Euro-American Expansion Into The Finger Lakes Region

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: American Revolution, Auburn, Auburn Prison, Canandaigua, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga Nation, Finger Lakes, Genesee River, Geneva, Haudenosaunee, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Livingston County, Monroe County, Onondaga County, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Religious History, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca Nation, Seneca River, Skaneateles Lake, Social History, Steuben County, Syracuse, Tompkins County, Transportation History, Treaty of Canandaigua, Waterloo, Wayne County, Yates County

Early Inhabitants of the Finger Lakes Region

August 14, 2023 by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

Lamoka Site diorama at the New York State MuseumAccording to archeological records, groups of nomadic Paleo-Indians traveled through the Finger Lakes region approximately 8,000 to 9,000 years ago. Small bands of these hunters and gatherers followed large game during the last stages of the Ice Age when the glaciers that formed the area’s notable lakes were receding.

Somewhat more recent early archaic archeological sites scattered across Western New York reflect a culture that was highly mobile and left little in terms of an archeological record. [Read more…] about Early Inhabitants of the Finger Lakes Region

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Algonquin, American Shad, Archaeology, Broome County, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga Nation, ceramics, Chemung County, Conesus Lake, Cortland County, Finger Lakes, French And Indian War, fur trade, Geology, Grass lake, Haudenosaunee, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Lamoka, Lenape, Lenape - Munsee - Delaware, Livingston County, Material Culture, Monroe County, New France, New Netherland, Oneida Indian Nation, Oneida Lake, Onondaga County, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Paleontology, Pennsylvania, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Seneca Nation, Seven Years War, Skaneateles Lake, Spencer, Steuben County, Susquehanna River, Syracuse, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Treaty of Fort Stanwix, Tuscarora, Valley Heads Moraine, Waneta-Lamoka WMA, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, William Johnson, Yates County

Geologic Formation of the Finger Lakes

July 26, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

A late fall snowstorm frosted the hills of the Finger Lakes region of central New York in early December 2004Approximately 600 million years ago, during the Neoproterozoic Era, the Earth’s supercontinent began to break apart, and an ocean formed between land masses that roughly correlate to Europe and North America today. For the next 100 million years, this ocean continued to widen until the continents changed course and began to move back towards each other.

The eventual collision of these land masses formed a tall mountain range now known as North America’s Appalachians. [Read more…] about Geologic Formation of the Finger Lakes

Filed Under: History, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Appalachian Mountains, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Chemung County, Conesus Lake, Cortland County, Finger Lakes, Geology, Grass lake, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Livingston County, Monroe County, Oneida Lake, Onondaga County, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Paleontology, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Spencer, Steuben County, Syracuse, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Valley Heads Moraine, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, Yates County

National Park Service Declares Finger Lakes Eligble For National Heritage Designation

July 19, 2023 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

National Park Service NPSOn Tuesday, July 18th, the National Park Service delivered the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Feasibility Study to Congress. The feasibility study determined that the study area in the Finger Lakes region of New York state meets the criteria to be eligible for inclusion as part of the National Heritage Area System. [Read more…] about National Park Service Declares Finger Lakes Eligble For National Heritage Designation

Filed Under: History, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga Nation, Chemung County, Conesus Lake, Cortland County, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes National Heritage Area, Geology, Grass lake, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Indigenous History, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Livingston County, Monroe County, National Park Service, Oneida Lake, Onondaga County, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Seneca Nation, Skaneateles Lake, Steuben County, Syracuse, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Valley Heads Moraine, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, Yates County

New 86-Acre Easement to Protect Skaneateles Lake Water

June 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fox Run Farm courtesy Amy OlneyThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) has announced the permanent protection of 86 acres in the Skaneateles Lake watershed through the use of a conservation easement. Protection of the property will safeguard the drinking water supply for the city of Syracuse and neighboring communities. DEC’s Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) Program awarded FLLT $1.69 million to support four source water protection projects, including the easement. [Read more…] about New 86-Acre Easement to Protect Skaneateles Lake Water

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: clean water, DEC, Easements, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Skaneateles Lake

Forest Rangers Called On To Recover Two Bodies From Upstate Backcountry

December 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Recovery Mission in Niles (DEC photo)New York State Forest Rangers were called on twice this past weekend to recover deceased bodies from Upstate New York’s backcountry. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Called On To Recover Two Bodies From Upstate Backcountry

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Western NY Tagged With: Carpenter Falls, Cayuga County, Finger Lakes, Forest Ranger Reports, Greene County, Lexington, Niles, Search and Rescue, Shandaken, Shandaken Wild Forest, Skaneateles Lake, Ulster County

Skaneateles Lake Watershed Property Protected by Easement

August 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Casa Farms (provided by ryan walters)The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) have announced the permanent protection of 234 acres at Casa Farms in the town of Niles, Cayuga County, with a conservation easement.

[Read more…] about Skaneateles Lake Watershed Property Protected by Easement

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Bear Swamp State Forest, Carpenter Falls, Cayuga County, clean water, DEC, Easements, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, nature, Niles, Skaneateles Lake, Syracuse, water quality

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