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33-641: The Canandaigua Outlet is part of the Clyde River watershed which feeds the Seneca River . From there, the Seneca River enters the Oswego River and into Lake Ontario . It is used for fishing as well as whitewater canoeing , kayaking and rafting . The Canandaigua Outlet begins as a natural outflow on the north end of Canandaigua Lake in the city of Canandaigua . From there, the outlet travels northeast past

66-494: A " tramp " suggested it was a muskrat . In 1929, two creatures, about 12 to 15 feet (3.7 to 4.6 m) in length, were reportedly spotted along the eastern shore of the lake. Further sightings were reported in 1974 and 1979. Cornell's alma mater makes reference to its position " Far Above Cayuga's Waters " , while that of Ithaca College references "Cayuga's shore" . A tradition at Wells College in Aurora, NY, held that if

99-425: A data center in the near future. The plant used to use Cayuga Lake as a cooling source. In the late 1960s, citizens successfully opposed the construction of an 830-MW nuclear power plant on the shore of Cayuga Lake. Rod Serling named his production company Cayuga Productions, during the years of his TV series, The Twilight Zone . Serling and his family had a summer home at Cayuga Lake. The fish population

132-509: A few miles north of Ithaca, and Red Jacket Yacht Club, just south of Canoga. There are several other marinas and boat launches, scattered along the lake shore. Cayuga Lake is the source of drinking water for several communities, including Lansing, near the southern end of the lake along the east side, which draws water through the Bolton Point Water System . There are also several lake source cooling systems that are in operation on

165-730: A state-owned waterway, the Cayuga-Seneca Canal , which contains eleven locks in 21 miles (34 km). Construction of the Seneca reach of the Erie Canal began in the 1820s. The channel between Three Rivers and Cayuga Lake was widened and straightened to accommodate barges, and other reaches were bypassed via the construction of parallel canals. The canal path had to cross the Seneca River at several points, so locks were built to lower boats down to river level, where they were towed across aided by temporary wooden bridges. In 1849 work began to separate

198-572: Is also located near the Canandaigua Outlet on NY Route 14 in the town of Phelps between Lyons and Geneva . Use of the Canandaigua Outlet dates back to pre- colonial times. Before the Erie Canal was constructed in 1817, the Canandaigua Outlet merged with Ganargua Creek in Lyons to form the Clyde River . Seneca River (New York) The Seneca River flows 61.6 miles (99.1 km) through

231-423: Is just under 39 miles (63 km) long. Its average width is 1.7 miles (2.8 km), and it is 3.5 mi wide (5.6 km) at its widest point, near Aurora . It is approximately 435 ft deep (133 m) at its deepest point, and has over 95 miles (153 km) of shoreline. The lake is named after the indigenous Cayuga people . The city of Ithaca , site of Ithaca College and Cornell University ,

264-399: Is located at the southern end of Cayuga Lake. Villages and settlements along the east shore of Cayuga Lake include Myers , King Ferry , Aurora , Levanna , Union Springs , and Cayuga . Settlements along the west shore of the lake include Sheldrake , Poplar Beach , and Canoga . The lake has two small islands. One is near Union Springs, called Frontenac Island (northeast); this island

297-470: Is managed and substantial sport fishing is practiced, with anglers targeting smelt , lake trout and smallmouth bass . Fish species present in the lake include lake trout , landlocked salmon , brown trout , rainbow trout , smallmouth bass , smelt , alewife , atlantic salmon , black crappie , bluegill , pickerel , largemouth bass , northern pike , pumpkinseed sunfish , rock bass , and yellow perch . The round goby has been an invasive species in

330-579: Is named for the Seneca people , whose traditional lands extended roughly between Lake Erie and Seneca Lake. The Onondaga inhabited the area in present-day Onondaga County, around Onondaga Lake and Syracuse, and the Cayuga inhabited the river valley and lakeshores in between. All three were part of the Iroquois League , which is believed to have been established between 1570 and 1600. For hundreds of years before

363-532: Is not inhabited. The other island, Canoga Island (northwest), is located near the town of Canoga. This island has several camps and is inhabited during the summer months. The only other island in any of the Finger Lakes is Skenoh Island in Canandaigua Lake . The lake depth, with steep east and west sides and shallow north and south ends, is typical of the Finger Lakes, as they were carved by glaciers during

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396-771: The Canandaigua Outlet and the Clyde River into the Seneca River. Keuka Lake empties into Seneca Lake via the Keuka Lake Outlet. Owasco and Skaneateles Lakes join the Seneca through their eponymous outlet streams, while Otisco Lake flows via Ninemile Creek into Onondaga Lake , which in turn empties into the Seneca. Left Black Brook Clyde River Crusoe Creek Spring Lake Outlet Muskrat Creek Right Kendig Creek Silver Creek Sucker Brook Sampson Creek Demont Creek Cayuga Lake Crane Brook Owasco River Skaneateles Creek Dead Creek Crooked Brook Onondaga Lake The river

429-691: The Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York in the United States . The main tributary of the Oswego River – the second-largest river flowing into Lake Ontario – the Seneca drains 3,468 square miles (8,980 km ) in parts of fourteen New York counties. The Seneca flows generally east, and is wide and deep with a gentle gradient. Much of the river has been channelized to form part of the Erie Canal . The Seneca River begins at Geneva in Seneca County , as

462-486: The New York State Thruway , the outlet heads east through the town of Manchester passing just north of the village of Clifton Springs and into the community of Gypsum. Continuing on through the town and village of Phelps , the Canandaigua Outlet turns back north towards Wayne County. It passes through the community of Alloway in the town of Lyons before entering the Erie Canal at Lock #27 along Leach Road in

495-486: The Seneca River and other tributaries. Ungaged tributaries that inflow to the lake include: The lake is the subject of local folklore. An Ithaca Journal article of 5 January 1897, reported that a sea serpent, nicknamed "Old Greeny," had been sighted in Cayuga Lake annually for 69 years. A sighting in that month described the animal, 200 feet (61 m) from shore, as "large and its body long", although

528-535: The Cornell lake source cooling system has not yet had, and will not likely have any measurably significant environmental impact. Furthermore, Cornell's system pumps significantly less warm water back into the lake than others further north, which have been operating for decades, including the coal-fired power plant on the eastern shore. The AES Coal Power plant was shut down in August 2019, and there are plans to convert it into

561-459: The Erie Canal system. Most of the aqueduct was dynamited in the 1910s to allow navigation on the Barge Canal. Certain points on the Seneca River were an early center of development for industry. Seneca Falls is the location of the only significant natural drop on the river, which was utilized in the early days to power water mills. Where the river had no natural falls, mill dams were built, one of

594-531: The Muar Lakes through the town of Canandaigua and into the neighboring town of Hopewell . A man-made feeder canal also enters the outlet from Canandaigua Lake to help with drainage. Both outlets from the lake are controlled by gates which are managed by the City of Canandaigua. Passing through the community of Chapin, the Canandaigua Outlet continues north through the villages of Shortsville and Manchester . Following

627-624: The Seneca River enters Onondaga County . It turns sharply north then east, past Baldwinsville and Liverpool , along the northern edge of metro Syracuse where it receives the outflow of Onondaga Lake . The river then flows north to join the Oneida River at Three Rivers on the Onondaga– Oswego County line, forming the Oswego River . From the confluence, the Oswego flows a further 23 miles (37 km) north, emptying into Lake Ontario at

660-538: The arrival of Europeans, the river was an important Native American trade route. The first Europeans to reach the Seneca River were likely Jesuit missionaries in the late 1600s, who established an outpost, St. Stephen, on the river shortly below its origin at Seneca Lake. In 1821, the Seneca Lock Navigation Company completed eight locks along the upper Seneca River above Cayuga Lake to allow navigation to Seneca Lake. By 1828, this had been replaced by

693-487: The calf of his leg. This has been the only recorded attack on humans in the river so far. [REDACTED] Media related to Seneca River (New York) at Wikimedia Commons Cayuga Lake Cayuga Lake ( / k ə ˈ juː ɡ ə / , / k eɪ ˈ juː ɡ ə / or / k aɪ ˈ juː ɡ ə / ) is the longest of central New York 's glacial Finger Lakes , and is the second largest in surface area (marginally smaller than Seneca Lake ) and second largest in volume. It

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726-403: The canal from the river, to reduce the impact of flooding and sedimentation . The Montezuma Marshes at the outlet of Cayuga Lake were a major obstacle to the Erie Canal path. The stone Seneca River Aqueduct (Richmond Aqueduct), which carried the canal over the Seneca and Clyde Rivers, opened in 1857 after eight years of construction. At 840 feet (260 m) it was the second-longest aqueduct on

759-416: The city of Oswego . The Seneca River watershed drains a total of 3,468 square miles (8,980 km ), or about two-thirds of the greater Oswego River basin. There are about 4,370 miles (7,030 km) of streams in the Seneca basin. The Seneca receives the outflow of seven of the eleven Finger Lakes: Canandaigua , Keuka , Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco , Skaneateles and Otisco . Canandaigua Lake flows via

792-408: The earliest of which was at Baldwinsville. In 1915 a dam 80 feet (24 m) high was built at Seneca Falls to generate hydroelectricity. Below Onondaga Lake, the Seneca River is moderately polluted by industrial and domestic waste, including high levels of mercury, PCBs , dioxin and ammonia. The New York State Department of Health advises limited consumption of fish from the lower river. Parts of

825-589: The hamlet of Lyons, just north of NY Route 31 . There are six primary tributaries feeding the Canandaigua Outlet which are part of its watershed although other minor waterways directly enter it as well. Tributaries from the right include Freshour Creek in Hopewell, Sulphur Creek in Clifton Springs, and Rocky Run in the towns of Hopewell and Manchester. Flint Creek , which begins in Steuben County , also enters from

858-548: The lake completely freezes over, classes are canceled, though for only one day. According to Wells College records, this happened eight times, in "1875, 1912, 1918, 1934, 1948, 1962, 1979 and 2015." Cayuga Lake, like nearby Seneca Lake , is also the site of a phenomenon known as the Guns of the Seneca , mysterious cannon-like booms heard in the surrounding area. Many of these booms may be attributable to bird-scarers , automated cannon-like devices used by farmers to scare birds away from

891-481: The lake since the 1990s. There are state owned hard surface ramps in Cayuga–Seneca Canal , Lock #1 (Mud Lock), Long Point State Park , Cayuga Lake State Park , Deans Cove Boat Launch , Taughannock Falls State Park , and Allan H. Treman State Marine Park . The major inflows to the lake are: Fall Creek , Cayuga Inlet , Salmon Creek , Taughannock Creek , and Six Mile Creek ; while the lake outflows into

924-436: The lake, whereby cooler water is pumped from the depths of the lake, warmed, and circulated in a closed system back to the surface. One of these systems, which is operated by Cornell University and began operation in 2000, was controversial during the planning and building stages, due to its potential for having a negative environmental impact. However, all of the environmental impact reports and scientific studies have shown that

957-467: The last ice age . The water level is regulated by the Mud Lock at the north end of the lake. It is connected to Lake Ontario by the Erie Canal and Seneca Lake by the Seneca River . The lake is drawn down as winter approaches, to minimize ice damage and to maximize its capacity to store heavy spring runoff. The north end is dominated by shallow mudflats . An important stopover for migratory birds ,

990-545: The mudflats and marsh are the location of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge . The southern end is also shallow and often freezes during the winter. Cayuga Lake is very popular among recreational boaters. The Allan H. Treman State Marine Park , with a large state marina and boat launch, is located at the southern end of the lake in Ithaca. There are two yacht clubs on the western shore: Ithaca Yacht Club ,

1023-562: The outflow of Seneca Lake , flowing east past Waterloo and Seneca Falls . Skirting the northern end of Cayuga Lake at the Montezuma Marsh , it turns north, receiving the Clyde River from the west, forming the Seneca– Cayuga county line, then the border of Cayuga and Wayne counties. The river passes under Interstate 90 , flowing northeast past Weedsport , across the middle of Cayuga County into Cross Lake . Below Cross Lake,

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1056-838: The right after traveling through Yates County and through the towns of Gorham , Seneca and Phelps in Ontario County. On the left side is Padelford Brook in the towns of Canandaigua and Manchester along with Black Creek in the towns of Farmington and Manchester. Three parks are located along the Canandaigua Outlet in Ontario County: Kershaw Park and Lagoon Park in Canandaigua and Jones-Blunt Park in Shortsville. The annual Wild Water Derby takes place every April in Shortsville and Manchester for class II & III whitewater canoeing, kayaking and rafting. Cheerful Valley Campground

1089-511: The river are infested by non-native zebra mussels , which have depleted the level of dissolved oxygen, impacting fish populations. The population density of mussels in one particular section of the river below Cross Lake is considered among the highest in North America. The river is home to a population of common snapping turtles . In July 2001, there was a recorded attack on a 43-year-old man, near Fobes Island, who sustained minor injuries to

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