Oneida Lake

American  

noun

1. a lake in central New York. 20 miles (32 km) long; 5 miles (8 km) wide.

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Example Sentences

"Canal people are like a family," he says as the ship sails across 21-mile-long Oneida Lake and swings north into the Oswego River.

From Time Magazine Archive

As soon as St. Leger's approach up Oneida Lake was known to General Herkimer, he summoned the militia of Tryon County to the succor of the garrison at Fort Schuyler.

From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by Otis, James

In September and early October Sir John Johnson led his forces by way of the Oswego River, Oneida Lake, and across country to the Susquehanna Valley.

From Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold by Howe, Archibald Murray

They were heard of on the Susquehanna, then on the Delaware and its branches, on the Chemung and the Chenango, as far south as Lackawaxen Creek, and as far north as Oneida Lake.

From The Scouts of the Valley by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Dropping everything but their muskets, they fled in terror for their boats on Oneida Lake, with such haste that many of them threw away arms and knapsacks in their mad flight.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles