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Sodus Bay is a bay on the south shore of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S....
, one of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
. Sodus Bay is located in Wayne County
Wayne County, New York

Wayne County is a County#United States located in the U.S. State of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York metropolitan area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Most of the bay is in the Town of Huron
Huron, New York

Huron is a town in Wayne County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the Huron Indians....
, but the western part is in the Town of Sodus
Sodus, New York

Sodus, New York may refer to:*Sodus , New York in Wayne County*Sodus , New York in Wayne County...
.

Sodus Bay is sometimes been referred to as "Great Sodus Bay" to distinguish it from "Little Sodus Bay," which is east of Sodus Bay in the Town of Sterling
Sterling, New York

Sterling is a town in Cayuga County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 3,432 at the 2000 census. The town is named after William Alexander, a general of the Revolutionary War....
. Sodus Bay is halfway between Rochester and Syracuse
Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is the fifth largest city in New York State, United States. According to the United States Census 2000, the city population was 147,306, and its Syracuse metropolitan area had a population of 732,117....
.

Chimney Bluffs State Park
Chimney Bluffs State Park

Chimney Bluffs State Park is a state park in the town of Huron, New York in Wayne County, New York on Lake Ontario, on the eastern shore of Sodus Bay....
 is located in the northeast part of the bay.

Webster, New York based Sea Scout Ship 303 operates the schooner S.S.S. Lotus
S.s.s. Lotus

The S.S.S. Lotus is a gaff rigged schooner operated and maintained by Sea Scout Ship 303 of Webster, New York....
 out of Sodus Bay.

region was first settled by outsiders around 1794, who discovered the bay called by the natives, "Assorodus," "Silvery Waters." This settlement became modern Sodus Point
Sodus Point, New York

Sodus Point is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village in Wayne County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census....
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Sodus Bay is a bay on the south shore of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S....
, one of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
. Sodus Bay is located in Wayne County
Wayne County, New York

Wayne County is a County#United States located in the U.S. State of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York metropolitan area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Most of the bay is in the Town of Huron
Huron, New York

Huron is a town in Wayne County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the Huron Indians....
, but the western part is in the Town of Sodus
Sodus, New York

Sodus, New York may refer to:*Sodus , New York in Wayne County*Sodus , New York in Wayne County...
.

Sodus Bay is sometimes been referred to as "Great Sodus Bay" to distinguish it from "Little Sodus Bay," which is east of Sodus Bay in the Town of Sterling
Sterling, New York

Sterling is a town in Cayuga County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 3,432 at the 2000 census. The town is named after William Alexander, a general of the Revolutionary War....
. Sodus Bay is halfway between Rochester and Syracuse
Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is the fifth largest city in New York State, United States. According to the United States Census 2000, the city population was 147,306, and its Syracuse metropolitan area had a population of 732,117....
.

Chimney Bluffs State Park
Chimney Bluffs State Park

Chimney Bluffs State Park is a state park in the town of Huron, New York in Wayne County, New York on Lake Ontario, on the eastern shore of Sodus Bay....
 is located in the northeast part of the bay.

Webster, New York based Sea Scout Ship 303 operates the schooner S.S.S. Lotus
S.s.s. Lotus

The S.S.S. Lotus is a gaff rigged schooner operated and maintained by Sea Scout Ship 303 of Webster, New York....
 out of Sodus Bay.

History

The region was first settled by outsiders around 1794, who discovered the bay called by the natives, "Assorodus," "Silvery Waters." This settlement became modern Sodus Point
Sodus Point, New York

Sodus Point is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village in Wayne County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census....
. During the War of 1812
War of 1812

The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
 the community was mostly burned during an attack by the British.

A community of Shakers
Shakers

The United Society of Believers in Christ?s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, is a Protestant religious denomination.Origins...
 lived near here until about 1836, when they felt the development of the area was becoming too worldly.

A lighthouse
Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to Maritime pilot at sea....
 was erected on the western point of the bay in 1870, replacing an earlier lighthouse constructed in 1824.

The bay was considered an important port. A rail line extending into Pennsylvania allowed coal to be place on board lake shipping.

Geography

Eagle, LeRoy, and Newark Islands are in Sodus Bay.

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