Mayfair Campground
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Mayfair Campground is built on a historic site on Fish Creek in the town of Vienna, New York.
[edit] History
Before being established as a campground the land was used to raise crops from 1920 to 1995 such as corn, wheat, and hay, naming but a few. The significance of this land is due to its use as a federal trading post for the settlers in the 1840’s and also as commercial fishing grounds for the Atlantic salmon as they came up from Oneida Lake, New York. In 1920 the Atlantic salmon were extinct from Fish Creek and Oneida Lake. However remnants still stand of buildings that once stood such as the trading post and military wagons that once occupied the land during its hay days. Currently the buildings that still stand strong were used as storage for large farm equipment, now it has been converted into recreational buildings. The land the campground is on is neighboring the Barge Canal, Erie Canal Village, and Oneida Lake, which were all navigable to each other. Fish Creek robust in its history, Oneida Lake, Barge Canal, Erie Canal and the Oriskany battlefield.
[edit] Current status
Once a booming economic and military area, but now merely a tourist attraction with a historical importance that is distancing itself with every year. Steps have been made to preserve this historical area, attempts to repopulate the Atlantic salmon has been underway since 2003. Mayfair Campground has been set up to help people appreciate the land that once was so important to the community.
