Mohawk or Iroquois Trail

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The Mohawk Trail, also known as the Iroquois Trail, or Great Indian Trail, started as an Indian footpath from Albany, a major New York trade center, to Fort Oswego, the first British fur trading post on Lake Ontario established in 1722. An important fork of this trail from Fort Schuyler (Utica) to Fort Niagara (Youngstown) is also described in Great Genesee Road. Each end of the Mohawk Trail connected to other important migration pathways. The length of the Mohawk Trail from Albany to Fort Oswego was about 190 miles (306 km).

Route
The counties along this migration route (southeast to northwest) were as follows:


 * Albany County
 * Schenectady County
 * Herkimer County
 * Oneida County
 * Oswego County