Years ago, the park housed playground equipment and picnic shelters.
But more recently, fewer visitors frequent the park.
“The use of that park has dropped dramatically,” said Paul Fiene, Oneida County’s Forestry Director. “I’ve been here 26 years and in the 26 years I’ve been here the use of the lake has been minimal.”
He said the drop in visitors is part of the reason the Forestry, Land and Recreation committee voted to sell 8 acres of the park in 2017.
The committee had planned to use funds from the sale to purchase a different lakeside property.
But with a change of leadership, the sale never happened.