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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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"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

And, as the way was deemed so utterly secure, we took boat at Oneida Lake and brought our horses....

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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)

Having reached Fort Schuyler, formerly Fort Stanwix, they crossed over to Wood Creek, which empties into Oneida Lake, and affords the water communication with Ontario.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

The next morning we started for our home near the shores of Oneida Lake, which we reached without being molested in our journey.

From The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca by Keyes, Hervey

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