Cape Vincent ... a Witness to HistoryContinued from page 29and dock are located at the foot of PointStreet. From here the lake and river pilotsare transported to their assigned ships asthey travel from the lake into the river orfrom the river into the lake. This operates 24hours a day from April until December duringthe lake and river navigation season. To seewhen the ships may be passing through logonto www.greatlakes-seaway.comThroughout the area are many old homesbuilt of limestone which was available in theregion. These attractive homes were built ofa low-sprawling design, many in the Wilson’sBay area, and have been kept in their originalform.On South James Street in the village is ahouse which was built in 1872, by GeneralDelos Sacket who entertained Civil WarGenerals and is considered one of the mosthistoric homes in the village.History shows that one of the first schoolsof learning in this area was erected onCarleton Island in 1823. From then on, manyone-room school houses were built throughoutthe area, in 1906 the records show thatthere were 17 school districts in the town ofHarmony All Natural Soaps &OilsNow Now being hand-made being hand-made available at and available atThe Harmony Soap Cottage at Deerlick Farm20662066 Seasonal Deerlick Road,Deerlick mobile Cape home VincentRoad, park Cape and Vincent marinaThe Harmony Soap Cottage at Deerlick Farm315-778-4056HARMONYAll NaturalSoaps & Oils315-778-405633247 NY-12ECape Vincent, NY 13618Cape Vincent Historical MuseumP.O. Box 382, 175 N. James St., Cape Vincent, NY 13618Open July and August, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMCapeHistorical@gmail.com • Phone 315-654-4400Museum brilliantly displays the history of Cape Vincentin one of the communities’ oldest buildings.Cape Vincent. The present school building,on Esselstyne Street, now an elementarybuilding, was constructed in 1942 when all thedistricts centralized.In 1967, voters in Cape Vincent and Clayton(15 miles to the northeast) voted to consolidatetheir two districts in order to providefacilities to increase educational opportunitiesto all local youth. In September of 1972, thenew Thousand Islands Central School, comprisedof a Middle and High School, openedon its site at Sand Bay, half way betweenCape Vincent and Clayton.In 1968, local residents inaugurated aFrench Festival Day. This day has becomean annual affair and is held on the secondSaturday in July near Bastille Day. FrenchFestival Day has grown each year, bringingthousands of visitors to Cape Vincent for thecelebration which consists of many Frenchbooths, exhibits, costumes, French pastries,a parade, band concerts and climaxes with afireworks display.The Community House located MarketStreet was the first framed house built in theearly 1800’s by the Borland family. In 1931the Fish family donated it to the village for aCommunity building. In 1969 it was openedPhone: (315) 654-2373BreakwaterOpen June toas the first Museum for the village. Sincethen, the Cape Vincent Historical Museumhas relocated to one of Cape Vincent’s oldestbuildings. The stone structure locatedon North James Street was used as abarracks to house soldiers during the Warof 1812. Later on, the Forsythe Brothersmanufactured ironwork for sailing vesselsand cook stoves during its day as a foundryand machine shop. It has also served asa town barn. The Cape Vincent Chamberof Commerce has an office and a TouristInformation and Visitor’s Center in part ofthis historic stone building.Locally, there are many organizations withactive membership. These include ChurchSocieties, Parent-Teacher Organization,Lion’s Club, Knights of Columbus, Study clubs,Firemen, Fire Dept. Auxiliary, Ambulanceand Emergency Squad, American Legion,and American Legion Auxiliary, Chamberof Commerce, Improvement League, ArtsCouncil and numerous others. For those whobelong to a number of these organizations,the winter months particularly are filled withvarious activities. Ice fishing, snowmobiling,skating, ice boating, cross country skiing arepopular with Cape Vincent residents duringthe winter months also.P.O. BOX 275TEL. (315) 654-2119121 S. MARKET STREET OR (315) 654-2110CAPE VINCENT, Breakwater NY 13618 Gallery on FAX Facebook (315) 654-2109ANCHORMARINATotal Total Marine Service Since Since 1963 1963DOCKAGE • • STORAGEGas Gas • Diesel • • • TraveliftGalleryBARNARD & DOCTEUR INSURANCEA Division of Associated NY Insurance Agencies IncLocal Artists INSURANCE SPECIALISTS Fine ArtsLabor DayBOAT SALES & SERVICEUsed Used & Brokerage & Boats583 583 E. E. Broadway, Cape Vincent, NY NY • • 315-654-230030W H E R E L A K E & R I V E R M E E T315-654-3104
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