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Canoga in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Canoga Creek

 
 
Canoga Creek Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
1. Canoga Creek Marker
Inscription. Site of the Indian village of Skannayutenate. Red Jacket, the Indian orator was born here.
 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesCommunicationsIndigenous Peoples and CommunitiesSettlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 42° 51.764′ N, 76° 44.964′ W. Marker is in Canoga, New York, in Seneca County. It is on New York State Route 89 0.1 miles south of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3357 NY Route 89, Seneca Falls NY 13148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Canoga Cemetery (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Red Jacket. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Red Jacket (approx. 0.2 miles away); Canoga (approx. 0.6 miles away); Routes Between Lakes (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ganogeh (approx. 0.6 miles away); Indian Village at Canoga Landing (approx. one mile away); Gar-Non-De-Yo (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Canoga.
 
Also see . . .
1. Red Jacket. (Submitted on June 26, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Red Jacket Defends Native American Religion, 1805. (Submitted on June 26, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Canoga Creek Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
2. Canoga Creek Marker
Looking north
A view of the creek near the marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, September 1, 2023
3. A view of the creek near the marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 830 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 26, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   3. submitted on October 7, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York.
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