OBSERVER Photo by Gregory Bacon
Repairs on the Cassadaga Lakes’ boat launch located on Dale Drive are underway. The Department of Environmental Conservation closed the boat launch last fall following an accident that caused structural damage to the ramp. Because this is the only public launch for Cassadaga Lakes, the general public has not been able to access Cassadaga Lakes. According to the Cassadaga Lakes Association’s Facebook page, the repairs are expected by the end of this week or early next week, depending on how the concrete cures.
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The Volunteer Fire Department of Cassadaga from 1947.
Above is the first fire hall, located at Maple Avenue and Mill Street.
CASSADAGA – The Village of Cassadaga was officially incorporated 100 years ago on Jan. 9, 1921. Cassadaga dates to 1809 when settlers began arriving around 1803 because the area was rich for hunting. Its first land survey by the Holland Land Company happened in 1798. Cassadaga celebrated its birth centennial in 1959 and a 200th anniversary in 2009. Nineteen percent of the village’s boundary consists of water in its lower and middle lakes.
In the late 1910s Cassadaga had several bad fires, one at a sawmill and one at a basket mill. Because there was no fire department at the time it was necessary for the village to become incorporated, enabling it to establish a special tax and the money used to fund the first official volunteer fire department.
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The Cassadaga Lakes Nature Park will soon be improved thanks to a $40,000 New York state grant awarded to the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy.
CASSADAGA The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy has been awarded a $40,000 New York state grant for improvements to its Cassadaga Lakes Nature Park. The park, located on Route 60 just outside of Cassadaga, encompasses 77 acres of forest and wetlands at the head of the Cassadaga Lakes, including 26 acres of shoreland wetlands and 1,100 feet of natural shoreline.
“We thank State Sen. George Borrello, Assemblyman Andy Goodell and Gov. Cuomo for their support of this project and the New York State Conservation Partnership Program during this challenging time,” said John Jablonski, CWC executive director. “The CWC has registered over 1,300 persons using its preserves over the last nine months. We anticipate that this site will become one of area’s most popular walking destinations.”