Isle of the Senecas
Isle of the Senecas, also called Little Island, is an island in the Mohawk River south of Scotia in Schenectady County, New York.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Mohawk River in Schenectady County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Little Island” and “Seneca Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abraham Glen House and Schenectady Armory.
Abraham Glen House
Historic building
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Abraham Glen House is located on Mohawk Avenue in Scotia, New York, United States. It is a white frame house from the 18th century that is currently used as the local branch of the Schenectady County public library system.
Schenectady Armory
Historic building
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Schenectady Armory is located on Washington Avenue in the city of the same name in the U.S. state of New York. It is a brown brick building dating to 1936.
Schenectady station
Railway station
Photo: Bjturon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schenectady station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Schenectady, New York. The station, constructed in 2018 is owned by the Capital District Transportation Authority which also owns Albany–Rensselaer station and Saratoga Springs station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scotia and Downtown Schenectady.
Scotia
Village
Scotia is a village in Schenectady County, New York, United States, incorporated in 1904. The population was 7,272 at the 2020 census. Scotia is part of the town of Glenville, and is connected with the city of Schenectady by the Western Gateway Bridge over the Mohawk River.
Downtown Schenectady
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downtown Schenectady is the central business district for the city of Schenectady, New York. It originated in the 1820s with the moving of the commercial and industrial interests east from the original 17th and 18th century settlement, spurred on by the development of the Erie Canal.
Schenectady
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schenectady, once called the city that lights and hauls the world, is in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Approximately 20 minutes from New York's capital of Albany, Schenectady is best known as the birthplace of General Electric and for Proctor's Theater.
Isle of the Senecas
- Categories: island, river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.82058° or 42° 49′ 14″ northLongitude
-73.96355° or 73° 57′ 49″ westElevation
217 feet (66 metres)Open location code
87J8R2CP+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 366518289OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Esperanto—“Isle of the Senecas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isle of the Senecas”
- Esperanto: “Insulo de la Senekoj”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Isle of the Senecas”. Photo: Jeffrey Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0.