Oneida Lake Chronicles

Oneida Lake News

2012-04-25T04:25:00.001-07:00

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/efforts_underway_to_increase_w.html

Some old news: 2008 Stone Barn Castle Bought by actor Adrien Brody

2012-04-23T15:15:00.001-07:00

http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/actor-adrien-brody-apparently-paid-650k-last-year-to-buy-a-19th-century-castle-in-upstate-cleveland-ny/

Shipwrecks of Oneida Lake, NY

2012-04-23T14:19:00.001-07:00

http://utica-mohawkvalley.ynn.com/content/features/558183/your-hometown----shipwrecks-of-oneida-lake/

Forget the groundhog - Ticks, skunks, and bears, oh my!

2012-04-22T05:50:00.001-07:00

Forget the groundhog - Ticks, skunks, and bears, oh my!: Is the trade off of more ticks, bugs, skunks and bears worth the trade? Read ahead and comment on this story.

Bald Eagle On Oneida Lake

2010-07-14T18:14:00.000-07:00

One of a pair of Bald Eagles living on the North Shore of Oneida Lake, NY.

Oneida Lake View This Morning

2010-06-13T07:06:00.001-07:00

Old Timers Fishing on Oneida Lake 10 am this morning

Oneida Lake Evening Views

2010-06-03T17:37:00.000-07:00

8:30 Pm On Oneida Lake

NY State Museum Archaeologists Survey The North Shore of Oneida Lake

2010-06-01T15:29:00.000-07:00

Archaeologists working for the New York State Museum Cultural Resource Survey Program in Albany are digging survey test pits along the sidewalks of Constantia and Cleveland along the North Shore of Oneida Lake, searching for clues to our past.

Before the sidewalks get torn up and replaced by the DOT, the Archaeologists dig approximatly 100 - 200 test pits in the surrounding area searching for history and clues to the past from Ancient Native America up to the Present.

Initially a "phase one recon survey" is conducted which is a series of test pits dug in 25 to 50 foot intervals in search of potentially important cultural and historical material and possible undiscoverd sites of historic importance. If alot of relevant historical material is being found, a closer examination of the area called a "Phase Two survey" is done. Phase Two test pits are dug in a tighter grid, which gives the Archaeolgists a better picture of what may have taken place in that spot. If artifacts of importance are discovered and the site is of potential historic importance then a "Phase Three" survey is done, which can consist of a full scale Archaeological dig. A number of years back,while doing a survey in Belgium NY, on the Seneca River near where the Belgium bridge was getting replaced, during a survey they found a comletely intact and undisturbed 13th - 14th Century Village Site, a significant find. The Village was once used for fishing as well as agricultural use. They dug as far down as deep as six feet on this site.

So far nothing important has been dug in Cleveland, Mostly modern items such as ceramic and glass shards dating from the Mid 1850's to the Present. Last week while surveying in Constantia they found Artifacts dating as early as 300 to 400 BC, possibly even older. They wont know for certain if the artifatcs are older than that until further testing is done back at the NY State Museum. Some of the Native American artifacts dug near the Constantia sidewalks were Scrapers and other stone tools, as well as pottery shards along with tools that served one purpose and eventually re-worked into a different type of stone tool and used for something else.

Other sites designated for Archaeological surveys this summer include Pulaski, Williamstown and Weedsport, among other towns as well.

In 1998 during a routine survey in downtown Albany, they discovered an 18th Century English Blockhouse and a 17th Century Church, parts of those sites were as deep down as eight feet. For more information on the exciting field of Archaeology you can visit their website at:

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research/anthropology/crsp/

NY State Archaeologists digging test pits in Cleveland NY, on The North Shore of Oneida Lake.

Oneida Lake This Weekend

2010-05-31T08:13:00.000-07:00

Blood Red Full Moon over Oneida Lake Tonight 9:15 PM

2010-05-27T18:29:00.000-07:00

Blood Red Full Moon over Oneida Lake Tonight 9:15 PM

Oneida Lake Views Today

2010-05-25T15:07:00.000-07:00

Taft Bay Park & Beach - Bernhards Bay, NY

Kayakers enjoying the day on Oneida Lake.

Oneida Lake Views This Afternoon

2010-05-24T11:20:00.000-07:00

Lots of Carp Starting to spawn on Oneida Lake

Oneida Lake Views This Weekend

2010-05-24T05:49:00.000-07:00

Oneida Lake - Views From The Past - Sylvan Beach 1906

2010-05-16T05:21:00.000-07:00

Oneida Lake View This Afternoon

2010-05-13T11:49:00.000-07:00

Oneida Lake This Morning

2010-05-13T05:43:00.000-07:00

8:30 Am - Heavy Morning Fog

Oneida Lake View This Afternoon

2010-05-12T15:24:00.001-07:00

6:15 PM

Oneida Lake - Views From The Past - Cleveland NY 1905

2010-05-12T10:03:00.000-07:00

Oneida Lake - Out & About

2010-05-11T10:25:00.000-07:00

Sylvan Beach

Fisherman along the Canal in Sylvan Beach

Oneida Lake - Views From The Past - Sylvan Beach 1905

2010-05-11T05:46:00.000-07:00

Strange Past Events on Oneida Lake - UFO Sightings ??

2010-05-10T07:34:00.000-07:00

TRIANGULAR UFOs SIGHTED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK

On Wednesday, May 28, 1997, Ed Granoski and a few friends were on the south shore of Oneida Lake in upstate New York, approximately 16 miles (25 kilometers) east of Syracuse when they spied strange lights in the sky.

The sightings "started at 10:45 p.m.," Ed said. "Viewed for five minutes. All lights appeared amber/ orange similar to sodium vapor lights. We did not see any structures other than lights. The objects were approximately four to five miles (6 to 8 kilometers) across the lake from us and cast light reflections on the lake."
Ed estimated that the lights were situated "over a small town of Jewel, N.Y. and Camden, N.Y. (population 2,667) on the north shore of Oneida Lake." The UFOs were "approximately 20 to 30 degrees on the horizon and what appeared to be 2,000 to 3,000 feet up."

Grabbing a videocamera, Ed's group shot footage of the lights that night.
"This continued for at least six different viewings at different time intervals until 12:30 a.m. (Thursday) May 29, 1997. Formations ranged from three (lights) in triangle, to four straight line, to five just scattered, to twelve...two to the left, five to the right on top and five just below them. No speed noted--objects were stationary, except for one sighting when four were present in a row. Two flew in from a higher altitude and then stopped and remained stationary. No approach or departure--lights appeared and disappeared usually in five to six minute intervals."
"A neighbor stated that on May 26 and May 27 they viewed similar lights in the same area," Ed added, "Our sightings were viewed by 10 people we know of, some as far away as 12 miles on top of a hill."

Local police attributed the strange amber/orange lights to "military parachute flares."

Oneida Lake This Morning - Monday, May 10, 2010

2010-05-10T04:03:00.000-07:00

Oneida Lake - 5/10/2010 - 6:45 AM

Oneida Lake View This Afternoon May 8, 2010

2010-05-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

3:40 Pm Just as the 50 - 60 MPH Wind & Rain started.

Oneida Lake - Views from The Past

2010-05-08T04:48:00.000-07:00

1906 Sylvan Beach, Bath House and Tobaggan Slide on Oneida Lake

Oneida Lake View This Afternoon

2010-05-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

Thursday, May 6th - 5:30 PM