Oneida Lake

04/29/2026

This would be great !

📣 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝗟𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱! ✅

𝖳𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖳𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖫𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗑, 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗃𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝖯𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖣𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗘𝗖 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁.

𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲. 🙌

𝖥𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍, 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗎𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌.

𝖳𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖳𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇.

𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗐𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍:
👉 𝖲𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖩𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗉𝗁 𝖠. 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝖿𝖿𝗈 & 𝖠𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗅𝗒𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝖣. 𝖬𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋
👉 𝖬𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋, 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝖲𝖼𝗂𝗆𝗈𝗇𝖾
👉 𝖬𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝖡𝗈𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇, 𝖩𝗂𝗆 𝖢𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗁𝖺𝗆
👉 𝖭𝖸𝖲 𝖣𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖤𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 (𝖣𝖤𝖢)
👉 𝖮𝗇𝖾𝗂𝖽𝖺 𝖫𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖠𝗌𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇
👉 𝖢𝖭𝖸 𝖫𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖳𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍
👉 𝖦𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝖲𝗐𝖺𝗆𝗉 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗒
👉 𝖵𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖢𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗍𝖺 𝖬𝖺𝗒𝗈𝗋, 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖾 𝖶𝖺𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋
👉 𝖵𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖶𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗌𝗏𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝗒𝗈𝗋, 𝖩𝖾𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖲𝖾𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗋
👉 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗌 & 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗌 𝖭𝖾𝗐 𝖸𝗈𝗋𝗄 (𝖯𝖳𝖭𝖸)
*𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵.

𝗔𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝖠𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖩𝗎𝗅𝗒 - 𝖠𝗎𝗀𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖳𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗎𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾.

𝖬𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽.

04/08/2026

04/05/2026

Today at 2:56 PM, Sylvan Beach Fire Department along with the Oneida Lake Task Force was alerted to a water rescue near the south shore boat launch in Bridgeport, where the victim had fallen off his canoe, was not wearing a life jacket, and was unable to swim. Bridgeport Fire Department was in command of the incident.

Sylvan Beach Rescue 1, Squad 1, Water Rescue 2 and Water Rescue 3 responded to the boat launch. Sylvan Beach Water Rescue 2 was launched and responded to the location of the canoe, where rescuers were able to pull the victim from the 35 degree water and bring him safely back to shore. The victim was transferred to an awaiting ambulance.

This incident could have taken a tragic turn if it was not for the rapid response of the Oneida Lake Task Force. The importance of PFDs cannot be stressed enough, because even the most experienced swimmer would have difficulty in hypothermic water temperatures. PFDs save lives.

03/19/2026

Higher ice piles in Kawana Bay then in Sylvan Beach

03/16/2026

https://www.syracuse.com/weather/2026/03/enormous-piles-of-ice-crowd-oneida-lake-shoreline-as-temps-rise-then-plunge-photos.html

Ice piles up along Sylvan Beach as temperatures rise and Oneida Lake thaws on Monday, March 16, 2026, in Oneida County, N.Y.

03/14/2026

Lake is breaking up

02/27/2026

https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2026/02/oneida-lake-atv-recovery-turns-into-polar-plunge-as-5-men-fall-through-ice-video.html

Hardy CNYer's stuck around to watch despite being soaked to the bone

12/23/2025

Due to a major break in a large transmission main, OCWA – Central New York’s Water Authority has moved to mandatory water conservation for customers in the following municipalities to reduce water usage :
• Town of Manlius (including the Villages of Minoa, Fayetteville, and Manlius)
• Town of Pompey
• Town of DeWitt (including customers served by the DeWitt Water system)
• Town of Sullivan (including the Village of Chittenango)
• Town of Lenox (including the Village of Canastota)
• Town of Lincoln

In an effort to meet the demand for all water customers during the repair period, it is essential for OCWA customers in the above areas to keep their water use to essential needs only. This includes:
• Using laundry facilities in unaffected parts of the OCWA system (western and northern Onondaga County).
• Adjusting all water-using appliances to use the minimum amount of water.
• Running the dishwasher and washing machine at full load. If you wash dishes by hand, use a bucket or container with soapy water and only use the faucet for quick rinsing of scrubbed dishes.
• Taking 5-minute showers and shallower baths. Turn off the shower while soaping; turn off the faucet while brushing teeth, etc.
• Reducing the number of toilet flushes per day. Each flush uses about 5 to 7 gallons.
• Using sink and tub stoppers to avoid wasting water.
• Keeping a bottle of chilled drinking water in the refrigerator instead of running the water till it gets cold.
• Eliminating use of water for ornamental purposes, including but not limited to fountains, artificial waterfalls and reflecting pools.
• Reusing water when possible.
• Commercial Customers: Limiting non-essential work practices that involve water usage and utilizing additional water conservation measures such as having employees work from home.
• Car Washes: Pausing all wash services until mandatory conservation is lifted and full water service is restored.

For more information and updates, visit https://www.ocwa.org/.

12/08/2025

Polar plunge draws hundreds to Oneida Lake shores

Nearly 600 brave plungers dashed into the icy waters of Oneida Lake on Sunday morning for the 19th annual Oneida Shores Polar Plunge, raising money and awarenes

08/11/2025

Sylvan Beach has detecte harmful algal blooms in its water. Officials advised against entering the water, as exposure can be harmful to both people and pets.