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When I first visited the Mabee Farm on the south bank of the Mohawk River in Rotterdam Junction, I got a tour from the guy who lived there. My second trip a few…
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Peter Pasternak discovered the Binnekill while kayaking.
The small inlet was once a major waterway, where goods such as fur and rum were traded and shipped and people traveling west embarked on their journeys.
A painting by Capital Region artist Len Tantillo, titled “Schenectady Harbor, 1814,” shows the wharves, warehouses and boat-building facilities that grew up around the Binnekill, making it a forerunner to the Erie Canal.
Today the Binnekill is mostly forgotten – a hidden, somewhat anonymous shadow of its former self.
The stream runs behind Washington Avenue in Schenectady’s Stockade Neighborhood and empties into the Mohawk River. It’s bordered by private property, accessible mainly by boat.
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