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Port Ontario in Oswego County Port Scene 1846
Maritime historian Richard Palmer recalls Port Ontario as once promising yet now quiet. The Oswego Palladium article notes a single store, a small harbor, and a Selkirk settlement lighthouse. It forecasts seven million feet of lumber shipped, butter and cheese exports, and strong harbor needs to improve access and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Palmer
Lake Ontario
Port Ontario
Oswego Palladium
Hemnan Brockway
John Carpenter
Oswego
Selkirk
McChesney
Polk
Richland
Orwell
Albion
This
Pulaski
Oswego County
Gallop Island
Sacket's Harbor