I have lived in broadalbin my whole life which is pretty much where Fish House is. Unfortunately the water at that part is very cloudy and I doubt any photography under the water would be possible, but who knows with technology. Broadalbin is not Fish House. Fish house is about a mile stretch on county highway about 8 miles out of Broadalbin. Fish House residence do have Broadalbin addresses though. Thx for the kind comments.
As Rome and Remsen are both along my usual route to camp at Inlet, stopping by both places is not a problem. Please do more of a similar nature. I also will have to check out your book, including the references to Oswego where I was born a number of years ago.
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I agree, very interesting article, thanks for sharing. Several years ago I remember rumors of a church steeple that was visible when the water level was low. I have a question. If the buildings of the town were razed how could the boater have run into a chimney? Mimi, sometimes after buildings themselves are long gone, chimneys and foundations often remain. I grew up just off of Rt. People have said that they could swim under the bridge and the current would shoot them from one side to the other. Very dangerous because a lot of sunken logs were under there too.
I will be getting my scuba license sometime between now and next summer. Please contact me and maybe we can plan something. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Is there anyone willing to dive with me next summer? The buddy system is always great. The summer of that is. Should be a good year to explore. Low snowfall amount may keep the lake water level lower than other years.
Hello, Nice article, but I beg to differ. Granted, there are no stores, but there are houses. Twelve houses were moved and six houses were torn down. Many of the moved houses were dragged up to an elevated ridge that was part of the Stead farm.
That elevated area is now called Ryder Road. Many houses that were not moved and were high enough in elevation still stand today. As for a church steeple, not likely. A church steeple of the old Presbyterian church was taken down, but that church is high and dry on CR The old stone supports for the covered bridge of Fish House are still there underwater. Fishermen like to fish around them.
If the lake water is exceptionally low, you might be able to find one or two without scuba diving. Joanne, Thank you for your comment and the new information on the twelve houses that were moved before the Vlaie was flooded. One house I did not include in my article is the historic Godfrey Shew House, a much under appreciated local treasure. Thank you too for your thoughts on the marine accident I referenced and the additional information on the church steeple and the old stone supports.
Parts of Fishhouse are still there. Quite a bit actually. I grew up there.
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I have a couple books on subject. One written by Kathryn Sleezer.. There are quite a few treasures there. This is a nice article but you should have done some fact checking first. Fish House does have their own historian and the Fish House Community Center is a great place to learn about the history. In your article you portray Fish House as this lost underwater town. Most of the houses and shops were moved or burned down at the time of the flooding. Some of the historic homes are still lived in today.
Also a common misconception is that Fish house road is part of Fish House. Only a little portion of Fish House road is actually in Fish House. Alice, thank you for the information. I understand you also are a writer. What have you written and where is it available? Also, what is the contact information for the Fish House Community Center? I grew up on fish house road, there are several old foundations underwater and the remnants of the old covered bridge as well.
When the water is low you can see some of the foundations. My brothers and father are divers and have been down several times. Where exactly are these foundations? Any GPS coordinates or just general directions? All 3 of my books are available at most book sellers throughout the Adirondacks. If you have no luck there they are also available on amazon. Do you know how Sir Wm Johnson acquired the land? When they sachem was leaving the next morning, he told Sir Wm about a dream that he had that night.
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The sachem said that he saw Sir Wm gifting him his red military jacket. Great story I have read before. Not sure if it is really true, but does accurately reflect Native American tradition of gifting. What a huge man Sir Wm was to the development of the colony. Did you know the nine mile tree road was named because route 29 the original road was built by Sir William Johnson and was marked with mile markers so the Nine Mile Tree Road gets its name because it was at the Nine Mile marker.
Pleased with all the comments that keep coming in on this story. I grew up in the s going to a family camp a bit down the road from Fish House, near the Bacherllerville Bridge. We used to find rusty horseshoes, antique broken bottle necks and china pieces, and rusty square nails all the time on the beach.
In the Fall, when the water was down, you could walk around the outlines of old building foundations; one even had stairs. I have a local history book circa s, golden yellow cover- The Sacandaga Story- A Valley of Yesteryear, by Larry Hart that has a photo of a locomotive with water lapping up at the wheels during the flooding of the vly- it filled quicker than planned.
Rick appreciate your comments and additional information. During winter, the concrete cools and contracts. The cracks open slightly and leakage is again present. This goes on year after year and does not pose any safety problem to the dam. But you might ask: In recent years, some of the vertical joints were increasing in leakage rate. This was first done in the s and was repeated again in The water stops have worked very well.
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There are no current plans, nor have there ever been, to drastically drop the Lake for work on the dam or on any bridge. In the new operating license for Bagnell Dam issued in by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC , there is a guide curve that gives both guidance for seasonal variation of Lake levels and an absolute minimum Lake level. The Lake is typically lowered each winter about six feet to make room for anticipated spring rains. You may be interested to know that the dam was originally built and designed for a foot Lake level fluctuation.
To support this, as land for the new reservoir was cleared in and , all the trees with tops extending above elevation were cut down. That was to be the minimum Lake level — 30 feet below the full Lake level of So how low does it actually go? Since the filling of the Lake, the lowest Lake level was in at In more recent years, the Lake was lowered to In this decade, the lowest Lake level occurred in at If You are going to get medicines online, now may be the best moment to purchase it. What medications do people purchase online? Other prescriptions are used to treat spinal cord injuries. Many doctors regard about compare viagra with cialis.
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However most of problems with sexual health can be treated. What is the most considerable facts you have to know know about this? Stop using this medicament and get emergency help if you have sudden vision loss. Is there truly a large city under the lake and if so where? The only way to really know for sure though is to throw on some gear and go check them out for yourself. How do the coves at Lake of the Ozarks get their official names? Why do some coves not have names? I heard a couple of these myths before, but not all of them. Thanks for clearing them up. I live way south by Ha Ha Tonka and I would hate to see the lake level sub Do we know why the lake was lowered so low in ?
Was work being done somewhere that they needed it that low? Some people had to sell their farms, but the lake did not cover some, and these people could not buy their property back.