Present Day View

This aerial view photograph is a relatively recent picture of the area where the Scottsville & Genesee Valley Canal was present. The photograph was apparently made after a large snow melt or high water since some areas of the fields clearly have large ponds in them which are normally not present. This condition makes it possible to see the approximate path where the Scottsville & Genesee River Canal crossed the large farm field heading eastward from point #2 on the map into the wooded area on the north side of Oatka Creek.

The numbered points correspond to those on the historical map. Point #1 is on the boardwalk over the original Scottsville & Genesee River Canal. Point #2 is at the end of present day Genesee Street near the park bench. Point #3 is the final geocache location, and Point #4 is the location of the original homestead of Ebenezer Indian Allen who was the first sewer of wheat in what eventually came to be named the Town of Wheatland.