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Valley of the Genesee: A Poem by Charles Edwin Furman (1879) By the Genesee: Rhymes and Verses by Thomas Thackeray Swinburne (1900) Genesee Fever by Carl Carmer (1941); a novel about the early settlement of the Genesee Valley. A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley by Arch Merrill (1943); a walk along the Genesee from its source to its mouth.
The Genesee Valley Canal is a former canal that operated in western New York between 1840 and 1878. [1] It ran for a length of 124 miles, passing through 106 locks . [ 1 ] Its course was later used by the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad and today comprises portions of the Genesee Valley Greenway .
Oatka Creek (/ oʊ ˈ æ t k ə / oh-AT-kə) is the third longest tributary of the Genesee River, located entirely in the Western New York region of the U.S. state of New York. From southern Wyoming County, it flows 58 miles (93 km) to the Genesee near Scottsville, draining an area of 215 square miles (560 km 2) that includes all or part of 23 towns and villages in Wyoming, Genesee, Livingston ...
The Genesee Valley Greenway is a rail trail in western New York's Genesee River valley. The trail stretches for 90 miles (140 km) along a former Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way as well as adjacent land from the Genesee Valley Canal. The low grade path is a multi-use trail which is well suited for hiking, biking, horsebacking riding and cross ...
Genesee Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States and lies near the source of the Genesee River. The population was 729 at the 2020 census. [2] The name Genesee derives from Indian term for "beautiful valley".
On May 6, 1836 an act was passed in New York authorizing the construction of the Genesee Valley Canal, running from the Erie Canal in Rochester southwest along the Genesee River valley to Mount Morris, Portageville, and Belfast, and then cross-country to the Allegheny River at Olean, with a branch from Mount Morris paralleling the Canaseraga Creek to Dansville.
Letchworth State Park is a 14,427-acre (5,838 ha) New York State Park located in Livingston County and Wyoming County in the western part of the State of New York. [1] [5] The park is roughly 17 miles (27 km) long, following the course of the Genesee River as it flows north through a deep gorge and over several large waterfalls. [6]
Genesee Valley Park covers 800 acres (3.2 km 2) and features two public golf courses and a recreational area. [1] The park has four foot bridges crossing the Genesee River and Erie Canal, and is located at the intersection of the Genesee Valley Greenway trail and the Erie Canal towpath trail, which stretches across New York State.