Near Boonville in Oneida County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Black River Canal
Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 23, 2016
1. Black River Canal Marker
Site of the once famous five combines - world's record for number of canal locks; canal has 109 locks in 35 miles of waterway.
Erected 1938 by State Education Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 43° 24.252′ N, 75° 21.801′ W. Marker is near Boonville, New York, in Oneida County. It is on Dunn Brook Road (New York State Route 46) 0.7 miles west of Pixley Falls State Park, on the left when traveling west. Located at the Breia Cross Country Ski Trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boonville NY 13309, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tomb of Baron Steuben (approx. 5½ miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 5.6 miles away); Post House, 1817 (approx. 5.6 miles away); Pratt House (approx. 5.7 miles away); In Honor of Walter D. Edmonds (1903-1998) (approx. 5.7 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 5.7 miles away); Boonville (approx. 5.7 miles away); Boonville Historic District (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boonville.
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Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 23, 2016
2. Black River Canal Marker Location.
Marker has been relocated to the entrance to the Breia Cross Country Ski Trail.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 20, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 384 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 20, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
