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Shelter Island (Fourth Lake)
Shelter Island is an island on Fourth Lake in Herkimer County, New York Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,139. Its county seat is Herkimer. The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is named a .... It is located east-northeast of Old Forge. References {{authority control Islands of New York (state) Islands of Herkimer County, New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Lake (New York)
Fourth Lake is a lake located by Eagle Bay, New York and Inlet, NY. Fourth Lake is part of the Fulton Chain Lakes. Fish species present in the lake are lake trout, atlantic salmon, landlocked salmon, white sucker, brook trout, rainbow trout, yellow perch, and brown trout. Hard surface ramp on Route 28, 10 miles east of Old Forge and there is a hand launch access on South Shore Road. Tributaries and locations * Alger Island – Also called Big Island, it is the largest island on the lake. There is a campground on Alger Island. * Bartons Island – An island located on the north shore of the lake, northwest of Alger Island. * Cedar Island – An island located southeast of Eagle Point. *Dollar Island – An island located east of Cedar Island. * Eagle Bay – A hamlet located on the northeast shore of the lake. *Eagle Point – A point of the lake located south of Eagle Bay on the north shore. *Gulf Rock Point – A point of the lake located on the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,139. Its county seat is Herkimer. The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part in the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War. Herkimer County is part of the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area. History In 1791, Herkimer County was created as one of three counties split off from Montgomery (the other two being Otsego and Tioga counties) as New York State was developed after the American Revolutionary War. Its area was much larger than the present county, however, and was reduced subsequently as more counties were organized. Part of Herkimer County was included in the Macomb's Purchase of 1791, during the wide-scale sale of public lands after the state forced Iroquois tribes allied with the British during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webb, New York
Webb is the northernmost town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,807. It is named after William Seward Webb, president of the Raquette Lake Transportation Company, the Fulton Chain Railway Company, Fulton Navigation Company, and the Mohawk and Malone Railway. The railroads in Webb were instrumental in opening the Adirondacks to the tourism rush of the mid-to-late 19th century. The Adirondack Railroad will resume tourist passenger service through the town in 2022: 41 years since the last train ran beyond Big Moose, NY. History Attempts were made to settle Webb ''circa'' 1800 and 1811, but both efforts failed. The first permanent settlers arrived in approximately 1837. In 1836, the town of Wilmurt was formed from parts of the towns of Ohio and Russia. Only the south part of Wilmurt was heavily settled. Webb was formed from the northern part of the now-defunct town of Wilmurt in 1896. Part of Wilmurt was returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges Delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands (man-made islands). There are about 900,000 official islands in the world. This number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country. The total number of islands in the world is unknown. There may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted. The number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Forge, New York
Old Forge is a hamlet (and census-designated place) on New York State Route 28 in the town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 756 at the 2010 census. Old Forge was formerly a village but dissolved its incorporation in 1936,''Ogdensburg Herald'', "Community Ceases to be a Village", Associated Press, published April 1, 1936, Retrieved Mar. 17, 2016. but it remains the principal community in the region. As one of the western gateway communities of the Adirondack Park, Old Forge forms an extensive business district, primarily directed at tourism especially during the summer months. The local school is the Town of Webb UFSD, a K–12 institution with the Eskimo as their mascot. Old Forge often records the lowest winter temperatures in New York. On February 17, 1979, the record low temperature for New York was set in Old Forge at . History In 1798, the area including Old Forge came into possession of the Brown family of Rhode Island, through a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of New York (state)
The following is a list of islands found within New York State. *Alder Island (New York), Alder Island *Alger Island, New York, Alger Island *Association Island *Barnum Island *Beeren Island *Big Crow Island *Big Hassock Island *Bird Island (New York), Bird Island *Black Banks Island *Broad Channel Island *Brother Island, Niagara River, Brother Island *Calumet Island *Captree Island, New York, Captree Island *Carleton Island *Catwright Island *Cayuga Island *Cedar Island (New York), Cedar Island *Cedar Island (Babylon) *Cedar Island (Shelter Island) *Cedar Island (Nassau County) *Center Island (New York), Center Island *Cinder Island *City Island, Bronx, City Island *Clifford Island (New Rochelle), Clifford Island *Colonels Island, New York *Columbia Island (New York), Columbia Island *Coney Island *Constellation Rock *Constitution Island *Crab Island (Lake Champlain) *Crab Island (Long Island Sound) *Croil Island *Croyle Island *Cuba Island *Dark Island *Davids Island (New York) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
