August 11th Paddle and some history from Bay Creek Paddling Co.
Marcia B Barrett
We will paddle at Hemlock Lake this week instead of going to Mt. MORRIS. Let’s meet at 9:45 am for a 10:00 AM start. We will meet at the boat launch at the north end of Hemlock Lake and paddle for about 2 hours.
From Bay Creek:
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Ellen Prill
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Dear Jim,
“Is there a charge to paddle the creek?” a lady asked over the phone one day.
“Yes, just stop and pay us the toll” we replied – then quickly added we were kidding.
BUT, there was a time when you DID have to pay a toll. And the toll booth was right across the street.
The charge was for the bridge built right here in 1836, by John McGonegal, Penfield supervisor. It was built using pontoons.
This floating bridge served as the main link between Webster and Rochester for 90 years, and “Float Bridge” became not just the name of the bridge, but the entire area down here in the valley.
To this day, old-timers still say something like “Oh, you’re down at Float Bridge.”
This puzzled us, because the current bridge, made of concrete and steel, looks pretty darn old itself. How old are these old-timers?
We googled “float bridge” and among the results, eBay offered up the remarkable postcard pictured above. BayCreek’s little shop would be in the lower right-hand corner of the image, and that's probably the Sodus trolley in the scene.
But if you enlarge the image, you can see about a dozen rowboats tied up to a dock. (And here we thought we were the first to offer rentals on the creek).
This card, now in our possession, is postmarked January 9, 1919, from Mrs. Snyder of 96 Pembroke St. to Miss Florence Shantz of Kitchener, Ontario. She writes:
“Well, I am in Rochester, having a good time,
but am thinking of the meetings.”Interesting choice for the postcard - it doesn’t depict Rochester. And the meetings??
But back to the bridge. The old float bridge was replaced with one of steel and concrete in 1924. So, the name Float Bridge lingers 101 years later.
To your health and happiness,
Ken, with Dave and Morgan--
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