Hi Mark -- there is some Canal info (a bit contrary to your dates) and some refs to Elisha Camp on the www page at http://www.1000islands.com/sacketsharbor/sackdate.htm There is more of the same at http://www.1000-islands.net/1000/1812/timeline.htm [see 1827-1836] These may be the same timelines but in different layouts. As for the great cable.... you might check out this publication if you can lay your hands on a copy: DeLong, Mrs. Earl V. 1949 The Battle of Sandy Creek and the Romance of the Great Cable. Oswego Historical Society Publication 12:97-103. [biblio reference found at http://www.oneida-nation.net/1812.html ] Hope this helps some...// Gord Hines (in Regina SK Canada) Mark Wentling wrote: Subject: [JeffHistGen] Camp's Ditch & Great Cable? Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 01:46:26 -0400 From: "Mark Wentling" <mwentlin@ngs.org> Reply-To: jeffhistgen@egroups.com To: nyjeffer-l@rootsweb.com, jeffhistgen@onelist.com, jeffcofamhis@egroups.com > Hi folks, > > I'm researching the canal that was built in 1832 under command of Elisha Camp, > which ran from the Black River in Watertown, > through Sulpher Springs to Camp's Mills & Jewettville, and > emptied into Black River Bay at Sackets. It was abandoned after > being in use for 10 years and was known as "Camp's Ditch." > > Fellow list-member Florence Secor was kind enough to send me some articles from > the WDT (thanks!). I am also interested in > hearing from anyone who has had stories passed down in > their families about ancestors involved in building the > canal. I would also like to know if any pictures of the canal exist. Also, can > any remnants of the ditch still > be seen anywhere today? Would also like to > obtain a map of its course. > > Secondly, as a young boy I once heard of some great cable being laid from some > village (maybe Sandy Creek > or Henderson?) into Sackets Harbor. I think it was an > underwater cable. I may be confusing the cable for the canal story -- I don't > know. Does this ring a bell > with anyone? What was that project all about? > > Thanks for any help! > Sincerely, > Mark A. Wentling