Tug Hill Plateau region is East of Lake Ontario North of Oneida Lake West of the Adirondack Mountains and isn't really a Plateau it's a Cueata and covers 800 square miles covering Jefferson County towns of Adams, Champion, Lorraine, Rodman, Rutland, Watertown, Worth. Lewis County towns Denmark, Harrisburg, Lewis, Leyden, Lowville, Martinsburg, Montague, Osceola, Pinckney, Turn, West Turin. Oneida County towns Annville, Ava, Boonville, Camden, Florence, Floyd, Forestport, Lee, Remsen, Steuben, Treton, Vienna, Western. Oswego County towns Albon, Amboy, Boylston, Constantina, Hastings, Orwell, Parish, Redfield, West, Monroe, Williamtown.
Before the English the area was controlled by Iroquois confederation mainly the Oneidaga and Oneida nations used for fishing and hunting. Four million acres were bought by the English after the revolutionary war by William Contable that was subdivided for English settlers and set aside anther 10,500 for roads and canals.
Even though the tug hill regions has nice summers it is well known for the amounts of snowfall it gets averaging 200 inches thats 16ft 7inches per winter between feb 3rd and 12th RedField can get 141inches (11ft) Parish can get 121inches(10ft) and Osceola can get 106 inches (8ft).Tug hill is used for a bunch of recreations snowmobiles hiking skiing and fishing and hunting there are a lot of animals that can be seen such as Deer, Rabbits, Beaver, Turkey, Fishers, Bobcats, Coyote sometimes Black Bear, Salmon, Trout, Bass, Walleye, and Waterfowl.
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