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

This communication was formed by the Hudson, the Mohawk, Wood Creek, the Oneida Lake, and the River Oswego.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis

There was no canal or other means of communication, except very poor roads intermittently relieved by transportation on the Mohawk and on Oneida Lake, when they were navigable.

From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore

About 6 M. to the northwest is Oneida Lake, a small lake of considerable beauty, 18 M. long and 5 M. wide.

From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company

But the most common route was by way of the Hudson and the Mohawk Rivers, through Oneida Lake and down the Oswego River to Lake Ontario.

From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education