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Finger Lakes Facts!

Our new column! Neat facts about the Finger Lakes region of central and western New York State that you may or may not have known!

[Photo at left by Bill Hecht, showing Seneca Lake, the Village of Watkins Glen, and the gorge at Watkins Glen State Park in the lower left.]

OUR BOOK: A Walk through Watkins Glen

What was the first state park in the Finger Lakes?

4/11/2014

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Answer: Watkins Glen State Park

Watkins Glen State Park was officially created in 1906, taking over a former scenic resort that first opened in 1863. It was called the Watkins Glen Reservation and was the first state park created in the Finger Lakes region. The park celebrated its centennial eight years ago.

In 2008, Owl Gorge Productions published A Walk Through Watkins Glen: Water's Sculpture in Stone, which has been available in the park's gift shop. An e-version will be available online soon from this website. In 2009, this book received first place in the small book category in the Media Awards competition of the National Association for Interpretation, the premier professional organization for park naturalists, historians, and others who interpret our natural and cultural heritage in national, state, and local parks, nature centers, historic sites, and other similar places.

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    Tony Ingraham, owner of Owl Gorge Productions, author of A Walk Through Watkins Glen: Water's Sculpture in Stone, and co-author of Ithaca: the City, Gorges, and Colleges.

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