Landscape over time
See how shorelines, watersheds, settlement, conservation, disasters, and recreation reshaped the region.
Current exhibit
The order will evolve as new sourced material is separately approved. Items remain linked to their original evidence trails.
A traveler's 1816 view down Canandaigua's Main Street and a schoolgirl's 1854 steamer outing reveal the lake at two very different scales: village landscape and personal discovery.
Open recordA seven-acre farm, an audacious mortgaged purchase, and an A.M.E. Zion partnership turned Tubman's Auburn home ground into a lasting Black care institution.
Open recordA five-year contract, a village vote, and a 1902 Supreme Court decision show how Skaneateles moved from a private water franchise toward municipal ownership.
Open recordThe park's 1980 founding law treated women's-rights history as a network of homes, meeting places, institutions, owners, and local partners across Seneca Falls and Waterloo.
Open recordDEC's 2015 management plan traces how water policy, land acquisition, reforestation, and a 2010 state transfer helped produce the lakes' protected shoreline landscape.
Open recordTwo USGS reports, separated by seven decades, reveal how Canadice Lake was measured, where the record was limited, and how an error was formally corrected.
Open recordOfficial weather and disaster records trace the May 2014 Penn Yan flood from its overnight weather setup through assessment, request, and federal declaration.
Open recordWeather, disaster, archival, and legislative records place the 1972 Agnes flood on four different timelines—and explain why each one matters.
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