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 early 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 the Mohawk Trail route (southeast to northwest) were as follows:


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

The Mohawk trail had a west fork from Fort Schuyler to Fort Niagara that partially overlapped the Great Genesee Road. Counties along the west fork of the Mohawk Trail route (east to west) were:


 * Oneida County
 * Madison County
 * Onondaga County
 * Cayuga County
 * Wayne County
 * Monroe County
 * Genesee County
 * Niagara County