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Wood Creek

Wood Creek (Ka-ne-go-dick)
Stream
Photograph of a shallow stream. The stream appears to be about 10 metres (33 ft) wide. Both banks are heavily wooded. The stream curves noticeably.
Looking upstream in June. Until 1820, canoes, batteaux, and 60-foot Durham boats would have passed many times each day.
State New York
Region Oneida County, New York
Source Delta Reservoir (since 1916)
 - coordinates 43°16′55″N 75°27′04″W / 43.28194°N 75.45111°W / 43.28194; -75.45111
Mouth Oneida Lake
 - location Sylvan Beach
 - coordinates 43°12′12″N 75°41′35″W / 43.20333°N 75.69306°W / 43.20333; -75.69306Coordinates: 43°12′12″N 75°41′35″W / 43.20333°N 75.69306°W / 43.20333; -75.69306
Map. The eastern half of Lake Ontario runs across the top half of the map. The bottom half shows several slender lakes running north-south; these are the Finger Lakes. Oneida Lake and Wood Creek are to the east of the Finger Lakes, near the map's center. The map indicates numerous rivers flowing out of the Finger Lakes, out of Oneida Lake, and from other sources. These waters flow into Lake Ontario at Oswego.
Midway along Wood Creek. The lighter colored area indicates the Oswego River watershed; Wood Creek's source is at the edge of this watershed.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wood Creek

Wood Creek in Central New York State flows westward from the city of Rome, New York to Oneida Lake. Its waters flow ultimately to Lake Ontario, which is the easternmost of the five Great Lakes. Wood Creek is less than 20 miles (32 km) long, but has great historical importance. Wood Creek was a crucial, fragile link in the main 18th and early 19th century waterway connecting the Atlantic seaboard of North America and its interior beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This waterway ran upstream from the Hudson River (at Albany, New York) along the Mohawk River. Near present day Rome, the Mohawk River is about one mile from Wood Creek across dry land. In the 18th century, cargo and boats were portaged between the Mohawk and Wood Creek; the crossing was called the "Oneida Carry". In 1797, the Rome Canal was completed and finally established an all-water route. The waterway then followed a downstream run along Wood Creek to the east end of Oneida Lake. After a 20 mile crossing to the west end of the lake, the waterway entered the Oswego River system. This system led either to the Lake Ontario port at Oswego, or further westward along the Seneca River.

The Mohawk River route was very important for more than a century. The only other waterway crossing the Appalachians lies far to the north in Canada. This was the St. Lawrence River, which flows northeast out of Lake Ontario to Montreal, Quebec City, and the Atlantic. Philip Lord, Jr., for many years a researcher at the New York State Museum, has published extensively on the Albany-Oswego waterway and on its Wood Creek section.


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