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Encyclopedia > Clark Reservation State Park
The Lake and the cliff of the ancient waterfall in the park

Clark Reservation State Park is a state park in Onondaga County, New York in the USA. The park is in the Town of DeWitt, south of Syracuse. It is the site of an Ice Age riverbed and waterfall; the eroded base of the falls is now a small lake. Hiking trails skirt a half-ring of cliffs surrounding the lake, as well as worn remains of the old river. In addition, the park offers fishing, a nature trail, picnic tables and pavilions, a playground, and recreation programs. State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Location in the state of New York Formed 1794 Seat Syracuse Area  - Total  - Water 2,087 km² (806 mi²) 66 km² (25 mi²) 3. ... De Witt is a town located in Onondaga County, New York. ... Nickname: The Salt City Location of Syracuse within the state of New York Coordinates: City Government  - Mayor Matthew Driscoll Area  - City 66. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ...


The park is 340 acres (140 ha) in size. It encompasses the cliff, plunge basin and gorge of the ancient waterfall, and a number of secondary ravines and basins. The lake (Glacier or Green lake) is 10 acres (4 ha) in size and 62 feet (20 m) deep. It is one of the few meromictic lakes in the US. The surrounding limestone cliffs are 180 feet (60 m) high. A gorge is a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills. ... A basin is the inverse of a dome: a symmetrically-dipping syncline that appears on a geologic map as roughly circular or elliptical, with concentric layers. ... Green Lake is a meromictic lake near Syracuse, New York. ...

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History

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the land around the park belonged probably to Onondaga people. In the late 1700s, these areas were divided into Military tracts for soldiers of the Revolutionary War. 1879 opened James MacFarlane a small resort hotel in the park with wooden stairs down to the hotel. The offerings included picnicking, boating, fishing, croquet and archery. The hotel eventually closed after a few years. The central part of the current park was bought by Mary Clark Thomson in 1915, and gifted to the public. She named the park after her father Myron H. Clark, a politician in New York. Clark Reservation became a state park in 1926. Sketch by Samuel de Champlain of his attack on an Onondaga village The Onondaga (Onundagaono or the People of the Hills) are one of the original five constituent tribes of the League of the Iroquois (Hodenosaunee). ... Central New Yorks Military Tract townships. ... Combatants American Patriots France Spanish Empire Dutch Republic Oneida and Tuscarora tribes Polish volunteers Prussian volunteers Kingdom of Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy Hessian mercenaries Loyalists Commanders George Washington Nathanael Greene Gilbert de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Bernardo de Gálvez Tadeusz Kościuszko Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben King George... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Myron Holley Clark (1806 - 1892) was born and died in Ontario County, New York. ... NY redirects here. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...


Geology

The Glacial Plunge Basin Lake at Clark Reservation.

Around 10 000 years ago, toward the end of the Wisconsin glaciation, the retreating ice sheet blocked the northern ends of the Onondaga and Butternut valley, forming long glacier lakes. The waterfall was formed when the glacier lake in the current Valley area south of Syracuse drained eastward to the Butternut valley. It has been estimated that the waterfall contained a volume of water greater than the American Falls at Niagara, and that the water flowed for a 2000 year long period. Green Lake occupies the plunge pool of the former waterfall. When the ice retreated further northward, a lower-lying channel (Rock-cut channel) was carved where the interstate 481 is currently located. This led the water flow to cease through Clark Reservation. The Wisconsin (in North America), Devensian (in the British Isles), Midlandian (in Ireland), Würm (in the Alps), and Weichsel (in northern central Europe) glaciations are the most recent glaciations of the Pleistocene epoch, which ended around 10,000 BCE. The general glacial advance began about 70,000 BCE, and... The American Falls of Niagara, as seen from the Canadian side in September 2002. ... For other uses, see Niagara Falls (disambiguation). ... Interstate 481 is a spur of Interstate 81 to the east of Syracuse, New York. ...


Clark Reservation sits astride one of the numerous "Syracuse channels" left by the last ice age, and is perhaps the most dramatic feature. Pumpkin Hollow, about 10 miles to the east, was carved by similar west-to-east water flows, as were Smoky Hollow (1 mile south of Clark Reservation) and the gorge at Green Lakes State Park. Green Lakes State Park is a New York State Park located in Onondaga County, just east of Syracuse. ...


See also

This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York. ...

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