Oneida Lake, located northeast of Syracuse, NY, in Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego counties, is the largest lake entirely within New York State and is believed to be third only to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie in the total number of anglers who fish its waters. [Read more…] about Oneida Lake: A Fisheries Profile
Verona Beach
A Canal Gunpowder Blast: The Day Verona Beach’s Waterfront Was Razed
The Oneida County resorts of Sylvan and Verona Beach are located on the sandy eastern shore of Oneida Lake. This twenty-two mile lake, and its geographic orientation, affords this setting spectacular sunsets. These factors made the eastern shore a desirable vacation destination in the nineteenth century, and a thriving resort community developed along Wood Creek.
Originally, Wood Creek had been improved in the late eighteenth century by the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company as part of that private entity’s effort to link the Mohawk River to Lake Ontario. [Read more…] about A Canal Gunpowder Blast: The Day Verona Beach’s Waterfront Was Razed