Fishing for trout in Irondequoit Creek Penfield NY USA
This area of Irondequoit Creek is known as “The Falls” or “The Hollow” because the creek drops 90 feet in one mile, creating a series of cascading waterfalls. The indians called this area Penfield settled the area and built the first mill in 1800. It was soon followed by many mills. If you look closely along the creek banks, you’ll see some foundations that still remain. The years 1800-1840 were a time of rapid settlement and growth, encouraged by Mr. Penfield’s policy of accepting wheat and other farm products for his mills in lieu of mortgage payments until a farmer had enough time to become established. The businesses built along this section of Irondequoit Creek included flour mills, sawmills, an ashery, an oil mill and soap factory, distilleries, wool and clothing mills, grist mills, a tannery, a blacksmith, and a slaughter house. Produce from the mills was shipped via Tryon (see Ellison Park on page 176 for more information on Tryon.) to Charlotte, then transported across Lake Ontario to Canada. When the Erie Canal was built it was hauled to the ports at Fairport and Pittsford for shipment to markets in the east. Two trails are described. One heads east of the pedestrian bridge which spans Irondequoit Creek between Linear Park and North Washington Street. It leads past the cascading waterfalls through the Irondequoit Creek valley then loops back via an island within the creek.
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Location: Penfield, NY USA
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