U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wood Creek
A portion of Thomas Kitchin's 1772 map of the waterway connecting the Hudson River (at Albany) and Lake Ontario (at Oswego). This portion shows the section between Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River and Oneida Lake (at left) that was traversed by Wood Creek. The route was used heavily in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Until 1797, there was an unnavigable section between the Mohawk and Wood Creek that is labeled "Carrying Place". Canada Creek joins Wood Creek about two miles downstream from the Carry.
Wood Creek is a river in Central New York State that flows westward from the city of Rome, New York to Oneida Lake. Its waters flow ultimately to Lake Ontario, which is the easternmost of the five Great Lakes. Wood Creek is less than 20 miles (32 km) long, but has great historical importance. Wood Creek was a crucial, fragile link in the main 18th and early 19th century waterway connecting the Atlantic seaboard of North America and its interior beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This waterway ran upstream from the Hudson River (at Albany, New York) along the Mohawk River. Near present day Rome, the Mohawk River is about one mile from Wood Creek across dry land. In the 18th century, cargo and boats were portaged between the Mohawk and Wood Creek; the crossing was called the "Oneida Carry". In 1797, the Rome Canal was completed and finally established an all-water route. The waterway then followed a downstream run along Wood Creek to the east end of Oneida Lake. After a 20 mile crossing to the west end of the lake, the waterway entered the Oswego River system. This system led either to the Lake Ontario port at Oswego, or further westward along the Seneca River.
The Mohawk River route was very important for more than a century. The only other waterway crossing the Appalachians lies far to the north in Canada. This was the St. Lawrence River, which flows northeast out of Lake Ontario to Montreal, Quebec City, and the Atlantic.[1][2] Philip Lord, Jr., for many years a researcher at the New York State Museum,[3] has published extensively on the Albany-Oswego waterway and on its Wood Creek section.
^Lord, Jr., Philip L. (1993). The Neck on Mohawcks River - New York's First Canal. The Canal Society of New York State. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24.
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