https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/point-peninsula-community-fears-proposed-limestone-mine/amp…read more POINT PENINSULA, N.Y. (WWTI) -- A proposed limestone mine has left a Lake Ontario community angry and fearful. J.E. Sheehan Contracting Corp., a company out of Potsdam, has submitted a permit for a 15.2-acre limestone mine in the Village of Point Peninsula. This project proposal was submitted to the Department of Environmental Conservation. Sheehan owns a campground and restaurant in Point Peninsula. However, residents who live in the village just learned of the project in mid-December. "They will be blasting and mining, they will be pulling stone out," Year-Round Resident Laney Hastings-Taylor explained. Hastings-Taylor has lived in the village for decades and has worked to educate neighbors about the proposed mine, which would be located off Jefferson County Route 57. Many people have rallied with Hastings-Taylor to voice why the mine does not belong in Point Peninsula. "There's one road in, one road out. We didn't buy to have this kind of traffic out here. People walk the roads, they bike. A little girl across the street roller skates," Year-Round Resident Jeannie Koster shared. "You can't have that with that kind of traffic." Aside from work within the mine, the contractor has shared that the mine would increase daily traffic to a minimum of 50 large trucks. "To me, this is a resort area, not, you know, not an industrial type area for mining," Gene Taylor, Laney's husband added. Site work has already been completed on Sheehan's 92.5-acre property, which Taylor explained, has destroyed ecosystems. Point Peninsula and surrounding areas are home to migratory birds, such as snowy owls, bald eagles, ospreys and waterfowl. Taylor also owns three AirBnb's in the village as well as the only you-pick berry farm in Jefferson County. She is worried that this mine will ruin the fragile balance. "People's wells will be contaminated. The runoff from the blasting from the mining, the water is going to go right down that hill and right into the lake," she expressed. "People come and they have a magical vacation because of this lake, because it's just so beautiful. And all those things will be impacted." The DEC is hosting a public comment period on this project. Comments will be accepted through Friday, December 22. Point Peninsula is located in the town of Three Mile Bay, in Jefferson County.

The food has been very good this year and the atmosphere is beginning to fall into place. Nice and…read morerelaxing and the drive is beautiful.

We stayed here for the first time, June 13th, and it was amazing. The staff was so nice and…read morehelpful. The schools were still in during this time so it was very quiet and not crowded. We went to their restaurant/arcade and they were cooking some new pizzas for the new menu and they let us try some! 10/10 we will be back every year.

I would like to start out by saying the staff was wonderful here. We checked in during a huge…read morerainstorm and when we got to our site, the staff member said that these sites tend to take on water. He called up to the main office to see if we could move our site along with the other three families that were camping with us. They were able to accommodate moving all four sites to a better location. The views are incredible here, including the sunsets. I am not an early riser so I did not see any of the sunrises. Lots of stuff for the kids to do. I would recommend bringing bikes for kids because the place is very big. The sites are a little small but I have been in tighter campgrounds before. This is a place I would definitely come back to again.

The best RV park we've been to. The views are wonderful, everything is clean and the spaces aren't…read moreright on top of each other. There are spots next to the water but we wanted a spot we could pull right through. The campground is perfectly situated on the water, close to Alexandria Bay and super close to a Price Chopper. I can't say enough about this wonderful park!

Swan Bay is the best RV resort that we have ever been to! From the full hook ups and even concrete…read morepads to the amazing amenities and being right on the St Lawrence River! In the 3 years that we have used Swan Bay - we have found the staff to be very friendly and eager to make sure that our every need is met. My family and I love Swan Bay!

My wife and I stayed here one night on a road trip, and it was one of the nicest RV parks we've…read morebeen to! Amenities (showers, bathrooms, etc) were clean and easily accessible, comes with 15/30/50A hookups that worked flawlessly, and in spite of our very late (~11pm) arrival the manager still came out to personally greet us and was very friendly! The site is also very quiet and conveniently (~15 minutes away) located to Hot Springs.

We absolutely loved this seasonal park! The owners found us a spot for our travel trailer after…read morechanging our reservation twice before! The grounds were immaculate. The rules were clearly stated and the price was very reasonable. We felt very welcome by the owners and will go again.

Simply, my family and I love this place. The folks who work here are always pleasant and helpful,…read morethe sites and amenities are great, and the services are excellent. Garbage is picked up at every site every day, great walking trails, fishing ponds and a nice pool/hot tub area. Each year we book a site in August for the weekend when they do the flashlight candy hunt for the kids. The kids absolutely love it and the staff makes sure that no child leaves without candy. Being able to hop on a shuttle or take a short drive to the casino is a plus if you're into that too! Nice restaurants and venues there for rainy days. The only thing that even borders on a negative is the price, which is higher than a lot of other campgrounds, but you really do get what you pay for, and that is especially true here. Barring some catastrophic change, we will be back many more times in the future!

Absolutely perfect, full hook ups, well organized, clean neat, the accommodations at the camping…read moreresort are very nice, sized spaces, I will plan to make this at least a once a year trip. The free shuttle to the Casino was a bonus, very convenient and the casino was also neat and clean, we had fun, no we did not win a million dollars but we spent several hours there, had lunch and did not lose our paycheck!

Enjoyed our stay at Ontario Shores RV Park! We were here for 2 weeks. Well cared for and very…read moreclean. There's a large pool, laundry facilities, playground and activity room. Sites are level and lots of grass. Gated entry keeps people from just "cruising" through. We were here to fish. Unfortunately, the fish did not know it. Only caught two. Beth and her husband are super people and well organized. There was a chili cook off the first weekend we were here. Loved hearing the waves from the lake. When we were not fishing we explored Pulaski, Oswego and a lot of the surrounding areas. Absolutely beautiful country. If you plan to visit be sure to call ahead and make reservations as spaces are limited.

I'm sorry for such a long post but I promise it will be worth the read. For 6 months we have said…read morenothing to keep the peace. But our time has come. Last September Jim and I were victims at the hands of Rich and Bethanne Brennan. They are the owners of Ontario Shores campground 348 Rainbow Shores Rd in Pulaski NY. We had gone on vacation to Washington State to visit our son and during that time Rich Brennan took it upon himself to turn on our main water hook up and proceeded to wash his hands at our campsite. The problem is that when he turned on the water he also turned on our toilet flush system and never shut it off. That filled our black water tank and flooded our camper from one end to the other with septic water thus totaling our camper. Water was literally pouring out of the bottom of our camper and within days black mold started to form making the camper unusable! At the time they acknowledge what they had done and turned it into their insurance company. The problem is their insurance company only offered to clean the camper not repair it. $2800 vs the $20,000+ to repair/replace it. That's where everything turned ugly. At that point Rich and Bethanne said too bad...that's what they offered. We're not paying a penny more. At that point communication of any kind on their part ceased. For months we tried to communicate with them to come to a reasonable agreement for both of us. And each time I reached out we received no response. Finally in December they said they were advised to not speak to us directly and we must communicate through their attorney and we should hire one to do so. So we hired an attorney to do just that. Neither the Brennans nor the insurance company attorney would respond to our lawyer as well. So weighing our options with our attorney which were sue the Brennans, sue the insurance company or sue both we opted to eat the loss and turn it into our own insurance company. We had options and our lawyer assured us would have won! Unfortunately legal fees would have been astronomical and our lawyer advised us to pursue a settlement with our own insurance and take the loss. Another reason we chose to go in that direction and not sue them also is because we still wanted to camp at Ontario Shores. We love it there and all of our camp families are there for the summer. It was our summer home! I failed to mention that in November I reached out to Beth and asked specifically if we would be welcome back in the spring. Mind you...we have done nothing but I felt the need to ask. She said "of course you are". With that we went out and bought another camper with the anticipation of returning in the spring. We had zero idea what was to come! Fast forward to March of this year. We receive a certified letter in the mail out of the blue stating we are no longer welcome at Ontario Shores for the 2022 season despite having a signed contract and having paid a deposit for the year. Come get your stuff off your site by April 25th and nothing more. No reason. Thus victimizing us once again. I asked Beth why they had made this decision and she stated that "they felt threatened when we retained and attorney!" But they're the ones who told us to get one! You can imagine our confusion and upset! And this isn't their first rodeo. I know 2 other families that were kicked out for no reason they are aware of because no reason was given. They were great neighbors and nice families. The Brennans do this stuff randomly and without remorse. This past weekend we went to our former campsite and got all of our items off of our site. When Jim requested the return of our deposit Rich was rude and disrespectful and told Jim that "we tried to shake them down for tens of thousands of dollars!" This couldn't be further from the truth! The facts are we took what we got from our insurance company and paid the rest out of our pocket. The only thing we were hoping to get from the Brennans is maybe a free season or two of camping since they were the ones who destroyed our camper. But we were willing to settle for absolutely nothing. Returning to our summer camping life was that important to us. In fact our lawyer reached out to them as recent as last week to assure them we would not sue and we would sign a legal document stating so if we were allowed to return. Nothing would change their mind. To date this terrible injustice has cost them NOTHING financially and they've actually convinced themselves that they did nothing wrong. The funny thing is we weren't going to sue them! But we are now! Emotionally we are broken! And our poor Livvy is absolutely devastated. She has so many friends there and she loves spending time with her Namma and Papa. This affects so many people and they could care less. But there is nothing we can do to change the outcome. All we can do is hope to save the next person from a Brennan injustice. Because if you think this can't happen to you...YOU'RE WRONG!!!

It's clean and well maintained but has gotten to be a bit of a tourist place and less locals…read more Prices have gone pretty high over the years. $5k for a season spot for just 5 months. But it's clean and well maintained. A friend has been coming here since 2008, since Kris n Bob owned it and it's lost some of the hippy charm but again, clean and professional.

We had booked a quick overnight, and had a change of plans and stayed here for two nights. It was…read moregreat! The manager was delightful and super helpful. A beautiful spot. Would visit again! Thank you!

Just recently stayed for 4 nights in a 1 bedroom cabin. A huge shout out to Mike, Kaitlin, Kelly…read moreand all the grounds people. Beautifully manicured property, spacious sites for RVs and Cabins are meticulously placed allowing spaces for parking even with UTV/ATV on your own site. Ever since the first call to Raven Acres and while staying there, the staff was always super friendly and courteous. Cabin was extremely clean and well stocked with bath and kitchen essentials, A/C was spot on, unlimited hot water, bedding clean and very comfortable. UTV/ATV trails directly from the property, restaurants less than a mile away along with a convenience store. I would highly recommend Raven Acres to both RV and Cabin get aways. We DEFINITELY are going back very soon.

Beautiful new campground very helpful staff. Cannot recommend it highly enough.Good restaurants…read moreless than a mile down the road. Plenty of ATV trails and other activities to keep yourself occupied. The cabins are very reasonable and beautifully kept.

The couple who own this KOA are absolutely spectacular! They have a keen eye for detail and are…read moreclearly invested in all the small things (and big!) it takes to run such an exemplary campground. The best KOA I've visited hands down for more reasons than one, but I do believe it comes down to the diligence of the husband and wife team ensuring their high standards are visible in all aspects of your time here.

From the owner: Family camping. Cabins, RV Sites, Tent Sites Big rig friendly. Heated Poolread more

I love it here I have a lot of friends here and love to swim and play basketball all in all its a…read moregreat place I've made a lot of good memories here cute camp store and ice cream shop the bounce pillow is great there is a large play ground and small playground the basket ball court is great there is paddle boats and a mini golf court it's great

One week away from my stay for just one night and they called to leave me a message that my cabin…read morereservation is going to be canceled due to "issues". No other explanation. It took a full day to get ahold of a representative to tell me that they are renovating the cabin the day I'm supposed to be there. Now I have no where to stay while I'm up there for my show and event. Wouldn't recommend this place for anything.