Selkirk Shores State Park – Port Ontario NY

City:
Port Ontario, NY

Site Type:
Forestry and Agriculture, CCC Camps

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Originally a fruit farm, the camp Sp-10 project began in November of 1933. The CCC built many of the buildings. Company # 236 arrived in 1939 and sawed timber, constructed a sea wall, designed and built campsites and built furniture on site along with planting trees. CCC camp # 1204 Port Ontario, NY.

Source notes

Historical markers, New York Dpt. Of Parks, Recreation and Hisoric Preservation.

Site originally submitted by Christopher Jones on October 19, 2018.

Location Info


Selkirk Shores State Park
Port Ontario, NY Oswego County

Coordinates: 43.5559288, -76.206064

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