Lake Oneida

Lake Oneida lies between the Mohawk valley and Lake Ontario, within the homeland of the Haudenosaunee. Wood Creek enters at its eastern end, while the Oneida River carries its waters westward towards the Oswego River. The lake formed part of a long water route linking the Hudson with the Great Lakes, interrupted by the Oneida Carry between Wood Creek and the Mohawk River. During the struggle between Britain and France for the interior, British forces built stockades at both ends of the lake to guard the route.