Delta Lake State Park

The peninsula that today contains Delta Lake State Park was created when the Mohawk River was impounded in 1908 to form Delta Lake, a reservoir intended to supply water to the New York State Barge Canal. The New York State Canal Corporation leased approximately to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the creation of a state park in 1962. In 2005, it was announced that the Canal Corporation would officially transfer the park's land, along with an additional , to the NYSOPRHP, bringing the park's total area to . In 2023, a portion of the park was created into a large dumping station, as previously there was only one small one. == Facilities ==

The park offers a beach, picnic tables and pavilions, volleyball nets, swing sets, a playground, a food concession, trails for hiking and bike riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing, recreation programs, a boat launch, a 3 loop campground with 101 tent and trailer sites, showers and multiple dump stations. File:Delta Lake playground.jpg|Playground at the beach. File:Delta Lake State Park Beach.jpg|Beach with the dam visible to the left. File:Delta Lake State Park Woods (2023).jpg|Walking trail near camping loop A. == See also ==