Delta Lake State Park is a
New York state park
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located on a peninsula extending from the southeast shore of
Delta Lake in the
Town of Western, in
Oneida County,
New York, United States. It is located off
New York State Route 46
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, southwest of
Westernville, east of
Lee, New York and north of
Rome, New York
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History
The peninsula that today contains Delta Lake State Park was created when the
Mohawk River
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was impounded in 1908 to form
Delta Lake, a
reservoir
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intended to supply water to the
New York State Barge Canal
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. The
New York State Canal Corporation
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leased approximately to the
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the creation of a state park in 1962. In 2005, it was announced that the Canal Corporation would officially transfer the park's land, along with an additional , to the
NYSOPRHP, bringing the park's total area to .
Facilities
The park offers a beach, picnic tables and pavilions, a playground, a food concession, trails for hiking and bike riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing, recreation programs, a boat launch, a campground with 101 tent and trailer sites, showers and a dump station.
See also
*
List of New York state parks
References
External links
New York State Parks – Delta Lake State ParkDelta Lake State Park map
State parks of New York (state)
Parks in Oneida County, New York
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