Ancient Giant's Canal Discovered at Lake Chautauqua, New York

Ancient Giant's Canal Discovered at Lake Chautauqua, New York

Smithsonian Institutes Bureau of Ethnology 1881

Cazenovia Township, Madison County, New York

     According to Mr. James Serrard, of Dunkirk, an ancient canal and basin exist at Long Point, two and a half miles up the eastern shore of the Lake from Bemus point, but this is not artificial. Faint traces of an aboriginal embankment were noticed upon the high land back from this point overlooking the lake.

Giant Skeletal Remains Discovered in Chautauqua County, New York

Pittsburgh Dispatch Aug 27, 1891

  Two Human skeletons of giant size were unearthed at Lakewood, N. Y., by the workman.  The thigh bone of one was 30 inches long