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Beaver Dams is a hamlet in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The community is located along New York State Route 414, 7.6 miles (12.2 km) southwest of Watkins Glen. Beaver Dams has a post office with ZIP code 14812, which opened on August 12, 1833, [2] [3] and a Methodist church on Route 19.
The Battle of Beaver Dams took place on 24 June 1813, during the War of 1812. A column of troops from the United States Army marched from Fort George and attempted to surprise a British outpost at Beaver Dams, billeting themselves overnight in the village of Queenston, Ontario.
In 2015 a fish passageway was built at the 182nd Street dam. In February 2007 biologists with the Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the Zoo, spotted a beaver (Castor canadensis) in the river. "There has not been a sighting of a beaver lodge or a beaver in New York City for over 200 years.
The name is derived from low-lying ground often flooded due to beaver dams. Originally known as Lower Beaver Meadow, it was the site of beaver dams that flooded hundreds of acres. The Gorge – A gorge with a brook of the same name flowing from the east into South Otselic; In 1850, a road, The Plank Road, (actually a boardwalk) of hemlock ...
There are at least 17 dams on the Black River, with eight in the upper part above Lyons Falls, and nine below Watertown. The upper and lower reaches of the river have a steep gradient and were originally developed to provide mechanical power for mills, such as the old Georgia-Pacific paper mill (which now sits abandoned and falling into ...
Coon Family Log Cabin is a historic log cabin located near Beaver Dams in Schuyler County, New York. It was built between 1938 and 1945, and is a one-story, irregularly shaped log dwelling with concrete chinking. It is a side gable roof and large stone chimney.
It is a part of the Great Appalachian Valley. In the beginning of its course it drains the eastern section of Sussex County, New Jersey, then flows through the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge at the New Jersey/New York state line. Most of the New Jersey portion is navigable by canoe.
Beaver Island State Park is a New York state park located on Grand Island in northwestern Erie County, New York in the United States. It is situated at the southern end of the island on the bank of the Niagara River and served by the Beaver Island Parkway, a 2.72-mile (4.38 km) highway linking the park to Interstate 190 (I-190).
Honeoye (/ ˈ h ʌ n i ɔɪ / HUN-ee-oy) is a hamlet in the Town of Richmond, in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 579 at the 2010 census, which lists the community as a census-designated place (CDP). It is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) south of downtown Rochester.
The Beaver River is a small mountain stream which flows from the Adirondack Mountains to the Black River at Naumburg, north of Lowville in northwestern New York. The Beaver flows through parts of Hamilton , Herkimer , and Lewis counties.