The Great Island

The Great Island is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Clinton County, dedicated 1949.

Clinton County · dedicated 1949 · Woodward Ave. (PA 150/old US 220), just E of Pine Ridge Dr., ~1.3 miles NE of Lock Haven

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Many Indian nations have occupied the Great Island in the river just south of here. Trails led from the Genesee, Ohio, Potomac, and Susquehanna North Branch. Delawares and Shawnees stopped here for a time on their migration west.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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