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City in Oswego County, New York, US
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Oswego (population 17,000 in 2020) is a small city in Central New York on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Oswego River.
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Fort Ontario is built on the ruins of three earlier fortifications dating to the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812.
The War Relocation Authority established the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, the first and only in the United States, housing primarily Europeans of Jewish descent.
Marine history museum on former grain elevator site at canal terminus. Exhibits, galleries and a fleet of historic vessels the length of Oswego's West First Street Pier. Treasure Chest souvenir shop. Historic vessels open mid-May - Sep 30, weather permitting.
Victorian (1867) lawyer's home with Oswego County Historical Society archival collections and exhibits documenting the history of Oswego County.
Founded 1861 as Oswego Normal School, a teachers' college. Now offers a variety of liberal arts degree programs. Former students include comedian Jerry Seinfeld, NBC weatherman Al Roker and ESPN anchors Steve Levy and Linda Cohn.
An active aid to navigation, built in 1934 at the mouth of the Oswego River to replace an earlier light constructed in 1880. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America, owned by the City of Oswego and operated by the United States Coast Guard.
Classic Weekend end-August, Labor Day weekend 200-lap, non-wing, big-block super-modified Bud Classic and Race of Champions.
Watch salmon- and trout-fishing from walkway upstream starting from Utica Street. Three-year-old King salmon are spawning below dam during October.
Kayak out to lighthouse or start up Oswego River. One hour's rental from city-run Wright Landing is all you need to see a lot and get a good workout.
Annual festival with live music and entertainment, fireworks, arts and crafts, programming and activities for children and families
Live music, arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations, pumpkin carving lessons, ghost stories, scarecrow building and pumpkin carving contests, a mini farmer's market, and a wide variety of hearty foods.
Annual benefit event: Kayak the Oswego River from Indian Point (in Fulton, 13 mi) or Minetto’s Riverview Park (on NY Route 48, 5.5 mi) through four canal locks to H. Lee White Maritime Museum’s Boating Center on the West First Street pier in Oswego.
Italian.
American, Italian, all day breakfast, desserts.
Café and bakery, all-day breakfast.
Mediterranean bistro, Spanish and Italian.
Restaurant and bakery. Gourmet soups, salads, wraps, sandwiches, fresh pastries and panini.
Seafood, burgers, desserts. On beach, west of SUNY Oswego and Sunset RV Park, seasonal.
Italian.
Breakfast.
Fourteen-room hotel with meeting facilities.
Downtown 93-room waterfront hotel on Oswego River with restaurant, pool, fitness and conference facilities, continental breakfast.
On Seaway Trail. Microwave, fridge, Wi-Fi in rooms. Pines Grub and Pub restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Wide variety of vendors, live entertainment each week beginning at 6PM. A second location operates Saturdays in Fulton.
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