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Sodus Bay Canal / Sodus Ditch
| Historic Site #: | 03-055 (Exists) Type: I1 | Town: | Galen | ||
| Site Name: | Sodus Bay Canal / Sodus Ditch | GPS Coordinates: | 43.11196, -76.88699 | ||
| Address: | 10328 Kelsey Road west of Powers Rd and Rt. 414 | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| It is primarily a drainage ditch today. It was also called the Sodus Ditch because it was supposed to connect Erie Canal traffic with Lake Ontario using part of Sodus Bay. Just west and north of Clyde, remains of the attempted canal can still be seen. | |||||
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| Kelsey Road looking south (Photo by LA Jorgensen) | Kelsey Road looking north (Photo by LA Jorgensen |
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| Erected by Town of Galen |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| In the 1830's, with the Erie Canal almost paying for itself, entrepreneurs tried to link the Canal with Lake Ontario. One of the plans was to dig from the bottom of Sodus Bay down to the Erie Canal on the west side of Clyde. Although some money was obtained and some digging was done, the Sodus Bay Canal was never completed. Instead the canal was connected through Oswego to Lake Ontario. | |||||