Delmar in Albany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Five Rivers Historic Site

Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, December 31, 2024

1. Five Rivers Historic Site Marker

Inscription.
2500 BC Late Archaic Period Indian Encampment
1791 The Patroon granted 230 acres to the Radley family
1933 New York State purchased the Radley and Ackerman farms
1933-36 Base camp for Civilian Conservation Corp. S72 - Co. 270 that provided
employment and housing for men who built the game farm
1933-70 Delmar Experimental Game Farm propagated game birds
1941 Wildlife Research Center founded
1948-70 Delmar Zoo in operation, featuring New York's wildlife
1972 Five Rivers Environmental Education Center opened

Erected 2009 by New Scotland Historical Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Parks & Recreational Areas.

Location. 42° 36.518′ N, 73° 53.418′ W. Marker is in Delmar, New York, in Albany County. It is on Game Farm Road west of Orchard Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 56 Game Farm Road, Delmar NY 12054, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

in the Capital District,

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and in the Albany Metropolitan Area.

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 New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Union Dutch Reformed Church (approx. half a mile away); Smoke House Hill Farm (approx. 0.8 miles away); Burial Site of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War (approx. 1.1 miles away); Slingerlands National Historic District (approx. 1½ miles away); Patriot Burials (approx. 1.7 miles away); New Scotland (approx. 1.8 miles away); New Scotland Church (approx. 1.8 miles away); Early Mission (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delmar.

Also see . . . Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. (Submitted on January 7, 2025, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, December 31, 2024

2. Five Rivers Historic Site Marker

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, June 7, 2025

3. Five Rivers Historic Site Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2025, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 1, 2025, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. 3. submitted on June 8, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.