Lake Ontario And Finger Lakes International Living History Maritime And Sailing Center; a living history 'museum' and center whose purpose is to bring the 1800's era maritime and sailing (schooners, sloops, brig, yawls, tall ships, etc.) history of Lake Ontario and the Finger lakes alive. The mission of the Center is "Celebrating the past to awaken our future". It is anticipated that once the Center is established, it will create more than 9,000 permanent jobs and contribute over $11 billion dollars in revenue to the local and regional economy, providing a significant economic boost for the greater Rochester NY and Finger Lakes region community.

1. Lake Ontario and Finger Lakes
International Living History
Maritime & Sailing Center
Concept & Proposal

2. The average annual attendance at Red Wings baseball games is 414,398 people (66 games per year; 6,094 people
per game) and Amerk hockey games is 212, 605 people (38 games; 5,595 people per game); the average attendance
at a NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International is 180,000 people; the average annual attendance at all 36 Sprint
Cup races held in the U.S. is 98,000; 150,000 spectators attended the 2013 Kentucky Derby, the highest profile and
largest sporting event held in the United States (with the exception of the Olympics).

3. ♦ “When the first commercial sailing
vessel [the Sloop “Alexander” ] was
launched at Geneva, on Seneca Lake,
in the later part of 1796, several
thousand people assembled to witness
the event, no such circumstance
having occurred before to draw
together so many from this sparsely
settled area. Historian George
Conover writes “Natives of every State
In the Union and of every nation in
Europe, were to be found in the
assemblage, all ambitious of the one
object, the aggrandizement of the
Genesee country.”
~From “Commercial Sailing On The Finger Lakes”
by Richard F. Palmer; Crooked Lake Review 1993
♦ Schuyler County Historical Society
documents and newspaper articles
from the day record that the first grand
Seneca Lake Regatta, which was held
on September 9-11, 1874, drew a
crowd of over 200,000 people. Large
grandstands were erected on the west
shore of the lake to accommodate
regatta spectators, providing views of
the three mile long rowing and twenty
mile long sailing race courses. This
was an incredible assembly, as it
occurred in the era before the
automobile!
Historical photos courtesy of the Schuyler County and DeWitt Historical Societies; used with permission

4. Historical photos and postcards courtesy of the Schuyler County Historical Society, Watkins Glen
Review & Express newspaper archives, and the New York State Historical Archives; used with permission

5. THE greatest community asset is
Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes!

6. Vintage photographs and drawings courtesy of the Rochester Public Library
Local History Division and Vintage Rochester; used with permission

7. Circa early 1800’s painting of sailing vessels in the Port of Rochester
Image courtesy of the Rochester Public Library historic records archives; used with permission

8. Lake Ontario and Finger Lakes
International Living History Maritime & Sailing Center
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A bolder, broader, grander, more long-term prosperous, community sustainability oriented
vision for the future of the Port of Rochester/Charlotte Beach and Finger Lakes communities
waterfronts
 A model for other (Great Lakes and in-land) waterfront communities
 Lake Ontario and Finger Lakes version/combination of Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT),
Salem Maritime National Historic Park/Salem Warf (Salem, MA), Baltimore Inner Harbor
(Baltimore, MD), Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge, MA), Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth, MA), and
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA)
 A world class draw/destination!
 1800’s era (Rochester and Finger Lakes) maritime history, lifestyle and impact (economic,
historical, cultural, social, etc.)
Lake Ontario and Seneca Lake have long been known as the “sailing capital of the east”
 Economic development opportunity/economic potential- long term sustainable revenue for the
community/region, with low expense expenditure
 Direct connectivity thread between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes
 Year round; wide variety of audiences: international competitors/Olympians,
sailing enthusiasts, tourists/visitors (international, national, regional and local),
families, youth/youth-at-risk/youth groups, corporate/business sector, special
needs populations, “romance” seekers/weddings, film makers, advertisers,

9. From Finger Lakes Postcard History Series, by Kirk W. House and Charles R. Mitchell, 2008; used with permission from Arcadia Publishing

10. “Navigation on Cayuga Lake has
been suspended for the winter
so far as passenger boats are
concerned. The steamers on
Canandaigua and Keuka Lake
are still making their
accustomed trips, but only for
the accommodations of the
fruit traffic, and soon will be
hauled off for the season. The
open waters of Seneca Lake
will be navigated by boats
without cessation, and therein
is its distinctive feature of
superiority over other lakes in
northern latitudes.”
From the November 3, 1887 issue of the
Review & Express newspaper

11. Programmatic Design/Focus
 (Lake Ontario and Finger Lakes)
Lake Maritime History
 Historic Sailing Vessels- schooners,
sloops, yawls, etc. Live use,
experiential, “hands-on, minds-on”,
living history,
not just on (museum) display
 Sailing Vessels designated as
National Historic Landmarks
(example: The Lynx of America)
Note: The are currently three sailing ships in New York State with National Historic Landmark
status: 1888 Sloop Priscilla, 1893 Schooner Lettie G. Howard, and the Sloop Modesty
Public domain historical photos

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1796 Sloop Alexander
1796 Sloop Sloop of the Seneca
(rechristened
as the Seneca in 1800)
1805 (masted ferry vessel) Goodwin
(burned in 1897)
1812-1814 Schooner Robert S. Troup
1814 Schooner Sally Ann
1814 Sloop Geneva
1816 Schooner Lasiter
1823 Schooner Mary & Hannah
1864 Schooner St. Louis
1866 Schooner Mary A. Daryaw
(also known as the
Kewaunee)
1869 Schooner S.S. Ellsworth
1872 Schooner Julia B. Merrill
1873 Schooner Lyman M. Davis
1875 double reefed sailing vessel
Water Witch (in its era, renown for
Historical photos from Between The Lakes: The History of South Seneca County
making the fastest run of the length
by Maurice L. Patterson; used with permission of the publisher
of Seneca Lake, from Geneva to Watkins
Glen, in four hours)
1920 Yawl The Lotus

13. Registered Commercial Vessels in 1857
From: Historical And Statistical Gazetteer Of New York State 1860

14. Three schooners built
in the Finger Lakes
were famous
Great Lakes
sailing vessels
• 1814 Schooner Sally Ann
(built in
Ovid; 29 tons)
• 1814 Sloop Geneva
(built in Geneva; 37 tons)
• 1816 Schooner Lassiter
(built in Ulysses; 37 tons)
Historical drawing of the vessels berthed at Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario;
drawing courtesy of the New York State Historical Archives, used with permission
Note: There are only eight Great Lakes
Schooners of any note that still exist

15. Henry Eckford, world renown master shipwright,
designer and builder of nearly all the men-of-war sailing vessels
built on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812
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1779 Frigate USS Mohawk
1810 Sloop-of-War USS Grampus
1812 Sloop-of-War USS Trippe
(originally named Contractor;
refitted in 1812)
1813 Schooner USS sylph
1813 Sloop-of-War Schooner
Lady of the Lake
1814 Frigate USS Superior
1814 Sloop-of-War Saratoga
1813 Corvette USS General Pike
USS General Pike

16. Sovereign of the Seas
1853 Clipper Ship
Set the world record for the fastest sailing ship in 1854
22 Knots 1:45 Speed-Length Ratio
(The average speed of ships of the day was 19 Knots; average speed-length ratio 1:26)
Public domain historical photo; U.S. Library of Congress

17. 1884 Sloop Busy Bee
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1866 Schooner Ben H. Porter
Historical photos and documents courtesy of the Schuyler County and DeWitt Historical Societies; used with permission
1867 Sloop-Rigged Scow Onondaga
1901 Sloop the Orphan (won numerous international
sailing competitions in the 1900’s through the 1950’s)

18. 1851 Schooner Petrel
One of the “Whale Hunters of Pultneyville” which frequently sailed from the Port of Rochester;
active on Lake Ontario for more than a half a century, her whaling exploits and voyages around the
world were mentioned many times in the Marine News in the Rochester newspapers of the era
Drawing from “Rochester History” Volume LXIII Spring 1996, a publication of the Rochester Public Library; used with permission

19. The Clipper Ship Beaver. The ship was owned by
John Jacob Astor, who was a regular client of the
Rochester NY based international trade company
Porter, Barton & Co., and carried cargo from
Rochester to Peru in 1819
1816 Schooner Steam Vessel S.S. Frontenac,
was the first steam vessel on the Great Lakes.
Its masts were removed and the vessel was
converted fully to steam in 1870. Considered one
of the grand old steamers on Cayuga Lake,
it caught fire, burned and sank on July 27, 1907.
Drawings from “Rochester History” Volume XLV July and October 1983, a publication of the Rochester Public Library; used with permission

20. 1826-1827 Schooner Lyre of Tioga
and the Seneca Lake Inlet (at Catharine Creek) drawbridge
incident
“A lighter story concerns the schooner
Lyre of Tioga, built at Mills Landing in
Montour Falls NY (then called Havana)
during the winter of 1826-27, and financed
by local businessmen. Coincidental with this
was the construction of a draw bridge over
the inlet to Seneca Lake, also known as
Catharine Creek. When completed, the new
craft was loaded with locally-produced
commodities to be taken to the eastern
markets through the canal system. But the
Lyre could not pass through the narrow
drawbridge gap where the creek entered the
lake. Pleas to widen the gap had fallen on
deaf ears, and the owners faced financial
ruin with their boat. The boat owners solved
the problem coincidental and in keeping with
the Fourth of July. They placed a cannon on
the prow of the schooner and loaded it
with broken andirons. When a convenient
distance from the drawbridge, one welldirected shot made kindling wood out of the
span and the Lyre sailed on its merry way.
It is said the “attack” on the drawbridge
was made at night so the law was never
able to prove who destroyed the bridge.
A new bridge was soon built of a more
accommodating size to allow the passage
of boats.”
~From “Commercial Sailing On The
Finger Lakes, Part III” by Richard F. Palmer, 1993

21. 1875 Schooner Water Witch
1873 Schooner Lyman M. Davis
1864 Schooner St. Louis
1866 Schooner Mary A. Daryaw
Schooner Cossack Circa 1870’s photo
1880 Sloop Friendship Circa 1920’s photo
Historical photos from the New York State Historical Archives and the “Last Of The Lake Schooners” by Richard F. Palmer, Crooked Lake Review, 2008; used with permission of the publisher and archives

22. 1805 Masted Ferry
Vessel Goodwin
Historical Drawing Courtesy of Town of Catharine/Montour Falls Memorial Library Historic Archives, used with permission

23. November 18, 1823
The Geneva Gazette
reported* that on
September 11, 1869
the
Schooner
S.S.
Ellsworth
took a cargo of 300
tons of coal to Toronto,
Canada, which was
recorded as the first
direct shipment ever
made from Seneca
Lake to a Canadian port
From a newspaper article published on 9/18/1869

24. “$150 REWARD- Ran away from the subscriber, on Sunday night, 27th inst.,
my NEGRO GIRL, Lear Green, about 18 years of age, black complexion,
round featured, good-looking and ordinary size… The above reward will be
paid if said girl is taken out of the State of Maryland and delivered to me; or
fifty dollars if taken in the State of Maryland.”
JAMES NOBEL, No. 153 Broadway, Baltimore
…”They found an old sea chest, which they packed with
a pillow, a few articles of clothing, some food, and a water
bottle. Lear climbed in, the lid was closed, and strong ropes
were tied around the chest. The chest was shipped north
on an Erricson Lines steamship to Philadelphia.” From
Philadelphia the chest was transported to Elmira, New York
and then routed to Watkins Glen. From Watkins Glen the
chest was shipped on the Schooner Fox across Lake Ontario
to Canada. According to shipping records of the time, the
entire journey took eight days.
“Escape In A Sea Chest”, Excerpted from: Underground Railroad Tales With Routes Through The Finger Lakes Region (revised edition)
by Emerson Klees and illustrated by Dru Wheelin; used with permission of the publisher, Friends of the Finger Lakes Publishing

25. Among the surviving historic
sailing vessels in storage,
derelict and/or private
ownership today, there
are at least sixteen
1800’s era lake
schooners that sailed on
Lake Ontario, Seneca
and Cayuga Lakes and
three (known) historic
schooners that had been
converted from old
steamboats
Historical documents and photos courtesy of Schuyler County Historical Society; used with permission
Examples:
• 1824 Schooner Highland Chief
• 1831 Schooner Constitution
(re-named the Independence)
• 1866 Schooner Ben H. Porter

26.  Famous schooners,
sloops and sailing
vessels used/featured
in movies/films and
television shows
(example: Schooner Malabar VII
“True Love”, Movie “High Society”)
 Schooners, sloops and
sailing vessels owned
and/or sailed by famous
people
(examples: 1939 Schooner When and If
owned by General George Patton;
Louis Philippe, King of France from
1830-1848, along with his two younger
brothers, exiled during the ascendancy of
Napoleon, evoked that his greatest
adventure in America was sailing a sloop
[name unrecorded] the length of Seneca
Lake to Watkins Glen NY in 1797)

27.  Replicas of fictional schooners, sloops
and sailing vessels written about in
books and literature
Examples:
 “Dragon”, Iain Lawrence's The Smugglers and The Buccaneers,
The High Seas Trilogy
 “Ebba”, Ker Karraje's pirate schooner in Jules Verne’s Facing The Flag
 “Hispaniola”, a schooner from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island
 “Ghost”, seal-hunting schooner in Jack London’s The Sea Wolf
 “Prudence & Apostle 1219”, Iain Lawrence's The Smugglers and The Buccaneers,
The High Seas Trilogy
 “Sweet Judy”, in Terry Practhett’s Nation
 “Kestrel”, Revolutionary War privateering topsail schooner, Danelle Harmon's
Captain Of My Heart, My Lady Pirate, and Wicked At Heart
 Oneida, a real 1809 U.S. Brig and Warship, provides the setting for Hope Marston’s
historical based fiction novel Sackets Harbor Powder Monkey- The War of 1812
Note: In process of researching fictional sailing vessels highlighted in books/literature written about
Lake Ontario or the Finger Lakes, which take place on Lake Ontario or the Finger Lakes,
or were written by famous Lake Ontario, Genesee and Finger Lakes region authors

28. Historic sailing
vessels restoration &
reproductions/boat
building
(restoring/reproducing/building
and then sailing the vessels)
Historic sailing
event reenactments
(July 4,1816 military naval event;
War of 1812- three warship
sailing vessels (U.S. Brig Oneida,
U.S. Brig Sylph, U.S.
Brig Clitz) were stationed on Lake
Ontario and Seneca Lake to move
supplies from the Finger Lakes to
support the troops at Sackets
Harbor on Lake Ontario; Cayuga
Ferry Treaty of 1795; etc.)
From Seneca Lake Past, Present and Future by Carol U. Sisler, 1994; used with permission
from Enterprise Publishing

29. War of 1812
Lake Ontario Warships
Stationed in the Harbor of the Genesee and/or Involved
in the “Great Battle of Charlotte” on May 13, 1813
• 1810 U.S. Brig Clitz (262 tons; 14 guns)
• 1813 Schooner (300 tons, 16 guns); re-rigged (350 tons, 18 guns) in 1814
U.S. Brig Sylph (dimensions and tonnage unknown; sold before 1824)
• 1812 Corvette U.S. Brig Madison (593 tons, 20 guns; ship broken up in
1824)
• 1810 Schooner Lady Murray (a private vessel owned by Captain William
M’Kinistry of Penfield NY, seized and pressed into military service by the British)
• 1812 Schooner Experiment (originally known as Growler; 53 tons, 10 guns;
captured by British July 3, 1813, later called Chubb); retaken by Americans September 11,
1813; sold July 1815)
Sources: “Visits of American and British Naval Vessels to the Genesee River, 1809 to 1814” by Frank Hanford,
Rochester Historical Society Publications, Volume III; used with permission;
The History Of The American Sailing Navy The Ships And Their Development by Howard I. Chappelle; used with permission of the publisher, Bonanza
Books

30. 1809 U.S. Brig Oneida
220 tons, 14 guns; the final fate of the ship is unknown
Note: Artifacts from the Oneida are on display at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site in Sackets Harbor NY
Illustrations from The History Of The American Sailing Navy The Ships And Their Development by Howard I. Chappelle; used with permission of the publisher, Bonanza Books

31.  Historic sunken boat wrecks
(diving/underwater
archeological tourism and
research opportunities;
NY Underwater BlueWay Trail)
Examples: 1826-1827 Schooner Lyre of Tioga
1855 Schooner Queen of the Lakes
1886 sinking of Sloop George Washington
1878 sinking of the Schooner Wild Fire
1875 burning & sinking of 1867 Sloop Onondaga
“These wrecks are very different than wrecks in other parts of the world; there
are not many people out here diving on these wrecks, it is not a common
thing; this is a big missing gap in New York State, not a lot of people know
about these wrecks, history and the industrial economic shipping that was
critically important to New York for hundreds of years.”
~NY State Chief of Underwater Archeology

32. H.M.S. Ontario
1780 Sloop of War
The oldest confirmed shipwreck and the only fully intact British warship
to have ever been found in the Great Lakes~
found in deep water off Lake Ontario’s southern shore, west of Rochester NY
Tiller with overturned cannons
located just above the
port side Quarter Gallery
Illustration of the HMS Ontario from
the book Legend of the Lake by
Arthur Britton Smith
Scroll Bow Stem
~Photos by Dan Scoville & Jim Kennard,
Shipwreck Discovery Team
There are an estimated 4,700 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes,
with approximately 550 occurring on Lake Ontario

33.  International Lake Ontario/Finger Lakes Sailing Festivals
and sailing regattas (national and international regattas)
Examples:
♦Annually hosted 24,000 Girl Scouts and international
sailors from around the world in the 1970’s & 1980’s
♦In 1940, members of all of the yacht clubs in New York
State participated in the Invitational Sailing Regatta
sponsored by the Watkins Glen Yacht Club. The event
was so colorful and so successful it was recognized
by National Geographic Magazine with a full page,
full color picture of one of the races
♦In 1941, the Seneca Lake Sailing Association
(an informal association) conducted the very first
national K-boat regatta (the boats were built by
the Murray Wright Boat Company in Dundee NY)
♦According to historical records, in 1948 the
Seneca Yacht Club (under the auspices of the
Central New York Racing Association) hosted
the largest freshwater sailing regatta ever held in
the world (racing occurred in multiple classes; today
many classes are inactive and regattas are often held
for only one to three classes, such as Stars, at a time);
could bring back/revitalize that distinction/tradition!

34. Historical photo/postcard courtesy of the Central New York Racing Association;
used with permission
Historical photo from Cornell & Ithaca In Postcards… A History With Reflections
by Harvey N. Roehl, used with permission from the Publisher, The Vestal Press, Ltd.

35.  Olympic sailing/Olympic
caliber sailing/Olympic
(inland waters)
national training facility
 Sailing academy/sailing
training programs
(like the world renown
center/training academy
in Florida)
 Community sailing programs
(like Community Rowing &
Sailing in Boston, MA;
host of Head Of The Charles
Regatta, prelude to the
Henley Regatta in England)
Photos courtesy of the United States
Olympic Committee; used with permission

36.  (Establishing a)
Lake Ontario and
Finger Lakes “Boat
Trail”/connectivity
Points of interest: Finger Lakes
Boat Museum, Canandaigua
paddlewheelers/steamboats, Erie
Museum, Erie Canal packetboats, et. al.,
boat festivals (Keuka Antique Boat
Show & Regatta), U.S. Naval Training
Station/Sampson State Park, etc.
(like the Freedom Trail in Boston MA,
Florida Black Heritage Trail, Amish Trail,
Free Thought Trail, Wine Trails, etc.)
 National Park/”Blueway”
component (akin to “Mound City”
in Ohio, Florida Blueways Trail, and the
National Scenic Trail), with
connectivity to the existing
Seaway Trail
Historical photos and documents from the Geneva Historical Society; used with permission

38.  Carboard Boat
Regatta(s)
(with a sailing vessel
hosting
the
national
cardboard
boat regatta
theme);
 Harbor Lights
 Tall Ships
Festival(s)

39. During Rochester’s Sesquicentennial celebration in 1984
tall ships entered the Genesee River from Lake Ontario
near the Stutson Street swing bridge
Photo from “Rochester History”, Volume LXI Summer, Fall 1999, a publication of the Rochester Public Library; used with permission

40. Tall Ships
Parade of Sail

41. Examples Of Famous Historic Sailing Vessels
That Have Visited The Port Of Rochester
Caravel Nina (replica); 2007
HMS Bounty; June 27, 2010
Photos by Richard Cooper, taken at the Port

42. 1851 Schooner America
The First America’s Cup Boat
In 1998 a replica was sailed from the Port of Rochester to Detroit MI
Original Vessel; painting circa 1851
Replica Vessel
Image and photo courtesy of the New York Yacht Club; used with permission

43.  Maritime music & arts
festivals (sea
music/chanties, etc.)
 Historic maritime
arts & crafts (model
boats/model ship
building, knot tying, etc.)
 Annual Aquatic Carnival
(recreation of the historic
carnival held from 18281934 at Long Pier/
Lakeside Park/Green’s
Pavilion in Geneva)
Historical photo courtesy of the Geneva Historical Society; used with permission

44.  Lake Ontario and
Finger Lakes (Great
Lake and in-land lake)
maritime themed
still photography,
media, film/movie
and TV show
location & production
“Tess of Storm Country” (1912,
Metro Studios) staring actress
Norma Talmadge, “The Perils of
Pauline” (1915, Wharton Studios),
and serial thrillers (RKO Studios)
staring actor Lionel Barrymore
were among the many films
featuring sailing/maritime themes
that were shot on Seneca and
Cayuga Lakes
Historical photos courtesy of the DeWitt Historical Society; used with permission

45.  Recreational sailing/boating
 Family programs
 Youth programs/youth-at-risk/
youth group/school programs
 Leadership development and
team building programs
(corporate leadership and team
building sails, etc.)
 “Live aboard”/overnight (historic
daily life onboard) immersive
experience opportunities (akin
to the PBS “1900 House” and
“The Westward Pioneers”
experiences)
 Adaptive sailing (sailing for
the disabled, blind & visually
impaired) and events (like the
U.S. National Wheelchair
Rowing Championship,
Community Rowing/Sailing)

47. To Make The Center A Reality:
 Waterfront/waterfront access
 Deep water dockage/boat slips
 Warehouse sized
building/buildings & facilities
 Legal permission/rights to use
movie “High Society”, etc.
 Partners, collaborators &
cooperative entities
 Support and funding
 501(c)(3) not-for-profit status
(ability to provide tax benefits
and incentives to donors)
 For-profit partners/adjuncts/
subsidiaries & collaborative
agreements (w/ boat owners,
maritime artisans, etc.)

49. Support And Funding:
 Major donors (individuals, corporations/businesses, organizations,
civic groups, etc.; as identified through the Gravitas Mapping©®
process and comprehensive fundraising/fund development plan)
 Private foundations/family foundations/philanthropists
(New York Community Trust, community foundations,
Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, etc.)
 Sailing and boating industry/community (sailboat manufacturers &
dealers, sailing associations, Evenrude family in Florida, etc.)
 Hotels/motels/hospitality industry
 Area/regional attractions, wineries & breweries, etc.
 Hollywood & television stars/elite
 Innovative sources of funding (Transfer Fee Charitable Giving©®,
Better America Bonds, etc.)
 NY State economic development grant funding*
 Federal economic development grant funding/earmarks*
 County, city & municipal grant funding/support*
 National Historic Preservation Trust
*only as an economic catalyst; not for on-going support;
The Center is to be primarily privately funded

50. Prospective Partner, Collaborative & Cooperative
Entities, and Networking Opportunities
Local and Regional
Private sailing operations/boat tour & excursion businesses
(ex: Schooner Excursions (Schooner Malibar VII
“True Love”; Joshua & Lisa Navone), Seneca Sailing
Adventures (Captain Terry Stewart), Captain Gray’s,
Captain Bill’s (Captain Mark Simiele), Bryce Marine, etc.
New York State Sail & Power Squadron (& local
squadrons)
Local yacht clubs
Lake Ontario/Finger Lakes Underwater Preservation
Association and New York State Underwater Preserves
(ex: David W. Mills Underwater Archeological Preserve)
Cayuga Wooden Boatworks
Monroe County, Schuyler County, Cayuga County &
other lakeside counties; City of Rochester
Lakeside municipalities, villages and towns
County and local historical societies
Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council
(& other New York State councils)
Rochester and regional/local area Chamber
of Commerce’s
Rochester Museum & Science Center, Finger Lakes
Boat Museum, Finger Lakes Museum of Natural &

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United States Olympic Committee
U.S. Sailing Association
U.S. Waterfronts Council
U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park
Service
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
“Old Ironsides” Maritime History Center (Boston,
MA; world renown historic boat restoration program;
Community Rowing/Sailing’s Director of Boat
Maintenance headed up the restoration of “Old
Ironsides” and other historic sailing vessels)
Business Roundtable (Richard Stoff, Executive
Director)
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation
New York State Office of Historical Preservation
Great Lakes Singlehanded Sailing Society
Seaway Trail Council
Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Partner Program)
International
 International Maritime Association
 International Joint Commission (for the Great Lakes)
United States and Canada (Dr. Samuel Speck,
Commissioner)

52. Other Maritime Museums & Centers in New York State:
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American Merchant Marine Museum (New York)- a national repository celebrating American merchant marine history
Antique Boat Museum (Thousand Islands)- specializes in Chris Craft boats
Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park (Buffalo)- a museum that is home to several WWII naval destroyers, vessels and PT boats
Canal Society of New York State (Lockport)- exhibits historic canal packet boats and barges
Carmans River Maritime Center (Brookhaven)- features 20th century rowboats, ferries, fishing vessels, oil tankers, and 40 Shore Bird class
1923-1926 sloops designed by Charles D. Mower
City Island Nautical Museum (New York)- dedicated to City Island’s famous yacht builders who contributed to the successful defense of
the America’s Cup
Clearwater Hudson River Sloop (Clearwater)- 106 foot historic 19th century wooden sailing Sloop the Clearwater
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum (Cold Spring)- exhibits on whaling history and nine 1800’s whale boats
East End Seaport Maritime Museum (Greenport)- ships models and exhibits on Greenport’s shipbuilding industry
South Street Seaport Museum (New York)- features a feet of six restored historic tall ships, including the famous tall ship Pekin
Erie Canal Museum & Village (Syracuse)- outdoor living history museum with exhibits on Erie canal history, mule drawn packet boats,
and 5 historic canal barges
H. Lee White Museum (Oswego)- historic 1900’s fishing vessel Eleanor D., WWII National Historic Landmark Tug LT-5, and canal Derrick
Barge #8
National Maritime Historical Society (New York)- dedicated to America’s seafaring heritage and exhibits the historic Bark Kaiulani
New Netherland Museum and Half Moon (Hudson River)- highlights contributions of Dutch colonizers and exhibits a replica of the ship the
Halve Maen (Half Moon)
Oswego Maritime Foundation (Oswego)- classic gaff-rigged 85 foot Schooner OMS Ontario
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site (Sackets Harbor)- highlights the War of 1812 and the Brig Oneida
Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge (New York)- features the restored historic Showboat Barge Brooklyn, designated in 1998 by
the United Nations as the “Regional Craft of the Year of the Oceans”
Finger Lakes Boating Museum (Geneva)- specializes in wooden motorized boats built in the 1900’s; collection of boats includes
25 Comet, Lightening and other small sailboats built from 1930-1972
Notable Major Maritime Museums & Centers In The United States:
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Mystic Seaport (Mystic CT)
San Diego Harbor Maritime Museum & Center (San Diego CA)
Salem Maritime National Historic Park (Salem MA)
Sail Baltimore (Baltimore MD)
Maine Windjammers Association (Camden ME)
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Burlington VT)- highlights historic sites at Basin Harbor and the shipyard at Ferry Dock
Museum of Yachting (Newport RI)- features yachting history and sailboats from the 1900’s to present time
The Great Lakes Historical Society Inland Seas Maritime Museum (Vermillion OH)- exhibits on Great Lakes maritime history and ship
wrecks, including artifacts from the sunken Tanker ship Edmond Fitzgerald
Plymouth Rock/Pilgrim Memorial Park and Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth MA)- living history museum that features a replica the 1600’s
Caravel ship the Mayflower (Mayflower II)

53. Conservation Economy©®
A “Conservation Economy” is economic
opportunities/jobs (beyond the concepts of eco-tourism,
agri-entertainment and recreational entrepreneurialism)
which capitalize on (without exploiting or exhausting)
the natural resource and unique assets of a community
while ensuring that those assets are preserved in
perpetuity, thus ensuring the jobs will exist in perpetuity;
are non-building based; are high paying;
and define, highlight and maintain the
community’s unique culture and character,
provide for a sense of place,
and enhance the quality of life of a
region/area (cornerstones of a sustainable community)

54. Economic Development Approaches
Conventional/Traditional
Vs
Conservation Economy©®
 For every dollar raised by
conventional/traditional development
municipalities spend $1.19 in
services
 In contrast, for every dollar
of revenue raised through
sustainable community
development municipalities
spend $0.33 in services
 Conventional/traditional development
costs approximately 34% more
than “neo-traditional” and alternative
designs which keep the most
important assets such as scenic
areas, historical features, and
recreational amenities intact
 “Neo-traditional” and alternative
designs consume less land,
requires shorter roads and
utility lines, and involves less
infrastructure than
conventional/traditional
development
“Conservation means development as much as
it does protection, but the nation behaves well if
it treats the natural resources as assets which it
must turn over to the next generation
increased, and not impaired in value.”
~Theodore Roosevelt
Community sustainability is most often defined
as “meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.”
~Source: World Commission on Environment & Development
Sources: Sustainable Communities Alliance and Cornell University Economic Development Studies

55. Capitalizing on, preserving and highlighting the most unique
assets of the community enhances the quality of life for
residents, adds to the visitor’s experience, and results
in a significantly improved economy!
 The Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress reports that “an area’s quality of
life is more important than purely business-related factors when it comes to attracting
new businesses, particularly in high tech and service industries”

Owners of small companies ranked scenic amenities, outdoor lifestyle and recreation
opportunities as one of the highest priorities (the third most important factor, only
behind access to domestic markets and availability of skilled labor) in choosing a new
location for their businesses

A prime example of this is Phoenix, Arizona, among the most successful communities
in the United States in attracting new businesses. The CEO’s of seventy firms which
relocated to Phoenix within the past five years said they choose the community for its
scenic amenities, outdoor lifestyle, recreation opportunities and quality of life

A recent poll conducted by the President’s Commission on American’s Outdoors
found that natural beauty was the single most important criterion for tourists in
selecting outdoor recreation and vacation sites

56. Conservation Economy©®
 Women’s Rights National
Historical Park (NY)
 The National Scenic Trail, Florida
Section and Lake Okeechobee
Segment/Big Water Heritage Trail
Project (FL)
 The Banner Lake, Zora Neale
Hurston, American Beach Cultural
Greenways, and Florida
Waterfronts Council Projects (FL)
 The Delaplane Peninsula & St.
Lucie River Blueways Project (FL)
 Digital Land Preservation
Project/Plymouth Memorial Park
(MA)

57. Proven Economic Results
 Prior to the establishment of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Seneca
Falls area employers consisted of Gould’s Pumps, the hospital, P & C grocery store,
McDonalds, and the school district/county & municipal jobs. As a direct result of the
National Park, five major publishing companies specializing in women’s history books
& publications, two costume design companies (serving Broadway and Hollywood),
three world renown acting troupes portraying famous women in America History, a
myriad of small businesses (FL Women’s Arts Center, Made By Women Products,
etc.) that revitalized the main street/downtown district, and an entire new industry-women’s studies (on the academic level)-- were created
 As a direct result of the National Scenic Trail Florida Section Lake Okeechobee
Segment, Banner Lake Cultural Greenway, and Delaplane Peninsula & St. Lucie
River Blueways Conservation Economy Projects, the region has experienced one
of the largest increases in economic/job growth (sustained) in the United States; the
Treasure Coast region of Florida now realizes the highest economic return (#1) in
the nation generated from the film, still photography, outdoor magazine, advertising,
cultural research, outdoor recreation, and tourism industries
 For every 1 job produced by conventional/traditional economic development
approaches 50 new jobs were produced by the Conservation Economy©® approach
 In 2003, a documentary series on the Conservation Economy©® approach of,
innovation in revitalizing low income/disadvantaged communities, and economic
development success was filmed by PBS and aired for a national audience

58. Economic Impact Potential
 8.7 million people currently visit Rochester and the Finger Lakes
region annually
 The average water recreational use values on Lake Ontario is
$ 9.2 billion and in the Finger Lakes is $762 million
 The annual water recreation expenditures on Lake Ontario is
$1,418 billion (out of $9,255 billion) and in the Finger Lakes is
$1.302 billion (out of $2.7 billion)
 Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes are recreational boating
powerhouses, with more than one third of all registered boats in the
United States and an employment impact of 107,000 direct support
jobs and 160,000 secondary effect jobs (267,000 total jobs)
 The Erie Canal/NY State Canal System currently generates more
than $380 million in tourist dollars alone
 The 2013 America’s Cup Regatta held in San Francisco Bay drew
more than 2 million spectators and generated $1.4 billion in
economic benefit and 9,000 jobs for the region
 Americans spend more each year on boating/sailing activities,
$18.2 billion, than to watch major sporting events, $5.9 billion
Sources: Recent economic studies of the economic value of Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes region conducted by the
Great Lakes Commission and Cornell University and reports from the New York State 2013 Tourism Summit, VisitRochester,
the State of California Office of Economic Development and United States Sailing Association

59. Salem Maritime National Historic Park
Mystic Seaport
Sail Baltimore
San Diego Harbor Maritime Museum & Center

60. Economic Impact of Mystic Seaport
• Mystic Seaport is the anchor of a $12 billion tourist
industry in Mystic, Connecticut; 27 million visitors
annually (Colonial Williamsburg is an $8 billion economic
anchor)
• It generates $ 11.5 billion in spending in the Mystic area
community/region and $1 billion annually in state and
local tax revenue
• It produces $7 billion annually in non-tourism related
revenue (historians/researchers, etc.)
• It employs 318 direct staff and has generated 16,000
direct support jobs & 10,000 indirect jobs in the past
5 years
• Revenue generated has continually increased by an
average of 7% each and every year since Mystic Seaport
was established
Source: Connecticut Governor’s 2012 State of the State Report

61. In Contrast…
•
$200 million was spent on economic development in the Finger LakesGenesee region in 2012, creating only 13,809 jobs
•
In 2012, New York State awarded $830 million to commercial renewable
energy projects, for energy production and economic development
purposes; the Finger Lakes-Genesee region has more than 250 wind
turbines that generate $9.9 million a year into local economies in the form
of wages, service contracts, easement payments and payments in lieu of
taxes to towns, school districts and counties
•
New York State provided $420 million in tax breaks to filmmakers in 2012/
2013 (including the Spiderman 2 movie filmed in Rochester NY in May
2013; The Amazing Spiderman movie grossed $750 million worldwide)
•
New York State and Erie County provided the Buffalo Bills with $94.5 million
in public subsidies in 2012, creating 143 new seasonal and permanent jobs
and producing $3.5 million in annual state and local tax revenue
Sources: New York State Energy Research And Development Agency, COMITA,
and the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council

62. Star Gazette, August 29, 2012

63. “We celebrate the past
to awaken our future”
~John F. Kennedy

64. For Further Information Contact:
Gail M. Sudore
c/o 61 Liberty Street
Dansville, NY 14437
or
P.O. Box 202
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Tel: 607-483-5383
E-mail: SudoreG@gmail.com