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Lehigh Crossing Park – a Victor Town Park

Size: 57 acres
Location:

Town of Victor, Ontario County. The newest addition to the Victor Parks system is located off the Victor-Mendon Road across from Auburn Creek Driving Range.

Description:

The parkland, located near Route 251, has a variety of habitats: wetlands, woodland, open field, and a tributary of Irondequoit Creek. It is also immediately adjacent to and joins two hiking trails, the Auburn and the Lehigh Valley Trails. Historically, a trolley line from the Village of Victor crossed the property.

Preservation:

A series of Victor Town Board resolutions at its January 8, 2001 meeting officially thanked the donors of 57 acres of land to the Town, honored the Genesee Land Trust for its assistance in the transaction and declared the land public parkland.

"The Victor Town Board commends the Genesee Land Trust for its dedication to land preservation and for facilitating the recent donation by Henry Hansen and John Turner to the Town," said Supervisor John Richter. "A Town of Victor designated land trust, GLT preserves land in many ways, working together with interested individual landowners, municipalities, and other organizations to reach the common goal of protecting open space.

"When Mr. Hansen approached the Genesee Land Trust about donating this land to the Trust, we soon realized that it could be a wonderful addition to the Town as a link between the two trails and as a lovely spot in the middle of a highly developed area of the town." said Tom Frey, Trust President. "We are very pleased to have been able to arrange for this outcome for Mr. Hansen and Mr. Turner and the Town of Victor."

Map: Map of Lehigh Crossing Park
In the news: Victor Hiking Trails Pathfinder, Fall 2001: “Lehigh Crossing Park Dedicated”

 

 


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