t S .13 mi t s d a a o Irondequoit Creek Trails E L a R u r k e o . l 3 d o 1 r ! a . l m B e 5 i 4 d townofpittsford.org m n i a Sugar Bush Loop 2.00 Miles S The orange loop follows the bank of the Irondequoit Creek north ok from Thornell Road. The Irondequoit Creek Valley is the ancient D o br r d valley of the Genesee River, which was rerouted to the west by (! 1 Powder Mills Park la ad G o glacial deposits as the glaciers retreated. Irondequoit Bay Daniel Curtis Rand came to Pittsford from R and Irondequoit Creek are remnants of the ancient river. New England in the 1863. He found an ideal . site near Irondequoit Creek to establish powder 1 .0 0 Daffodil Meadow Loop 0.83 Miles 2 mills. It had water, shipping facilities readily .04 m The blue loop follows the bank of the Irondequoit Creek south .03 i available, and most importantly, it was secluded .01 .02 from Thornell Road through Daffodil Meadow, especially beautiful in case of potential accidents and explosions. .02 i .01 in early spring when the meadow is in bloom. The loop connects .01 m Familiar with the danger of explosions, Rand built 9 .01 to Monroe County's "Daffodil Trail" in Powder Mills Park. several mills, one for each step in the process, a .03 .02 .0 . i 1 good distance from each other. Wooden pegs were . 2 .03 2 m 4 m used in the construction to lessen the chance of sparks. 2 m i i 1 A small wooden railroad connected the buildings and . wooden wheels were used on the flat car which carried .01 Fishing . r materials from one building to another. Mortimer .07 2 Irondequoit Creek flows through Ontario and 3 6 D .0 i m e Monroe counties, emptying into Irondequoit Wadhams, who operated a grist mill at Railroad Mills, Sugarbush .1 m n 1 i o joined Rand in the business and it became known as m 8 Bay on Lake Ontario. Irondequoit Creek is Lane 1 C i . Rand and Wadhams Manufacturing of Mining, Blasting e one of the best rainbow trout (steelhead) n and Sporting Powder. It remained as such until 1900 i streams in New York State. Each year, the Sugarwood P 3 oad when it was renamed the D.C. Rand Powder Co. Blasting .0 R New York State Department of Environmental Dr i m Conservation stocks 27,500 rainbow trout powder used in western New York stone quarries and 5 0 i . m northern Pennsylvania coal mines was manufactured at the Thornell .04 Southern and 7,600 brown trout including over 1,500 powder mills. There were rumors that powder for the Civil two year old fish. Monroe County also .20 mi Woods War was produced, but the family maintained that the stocks brown trout into the portion of R k Daffodil powder was too coarse for muskets. In the early morning e Irondequoit Creek within Powder Mills Park. o e Forest s r Meadow Wild brown trout are found upstream of hours of December 27, 1887, the powder mill exploded. e C w Thankfully, no one was injured as the workmen were at .3 Knoll Powder Mills Park. Lake Ontario tributary o 2 m o i regulations apply. Please consult the breakfast and not at the plant. Contemporary newspaper d accounts of the event stated that the shock was felt as far New York Freshwater Fishing Regulations. D t i r away as Honeoye Lake and Canandaigua Lake, and the noise I o r o n u d e q .13 was heard in Avon. After his passing, Rand's wife and sons m T .0 i 6 took over the business which continued to operate until around o m i 1910 when two of the sons moved the business to Pennsylvania, w Trail Rules: closer to the coal mines. The powder mills property was sold to n Please Stay on Path Monroe County about 1930 for the development of a county park. Clean Up After Your Dog (!1 Powder mi o Closed During Hours of Darkness .46 i f m No Motorized Vehicles Mills 7 mi P 1 .15 No Horses . Park e Alcoholic Beverages Prohibited .16 mi r Hunting Prohibited Park Road i For trail related maintenance issues, please contact the Parks n Department at (585) 248-6495. Park Bluff t 0 0.1 0.2 Any other concerns can be o Trail Way Miles directed to the Department of n November 2020 Public Works at (585) 248-6250. Sidewalk.