Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 3

60 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 T he City of Ogdensburg, New York dates to 1749 when a mission was built on the banks of the St. Lawrence River by Father Picquet. He built Fort La Presentation upon the site of an old Indian village named Swa-gatch which was the northernmost village along the original Indian trail that ran from the Mohawk Valley to the St. Lawrence River. Ogdensburg developed into an important port of entry and railroad center during the 19th and early 20th centuries, with an extensive trade in lumber and grains as well as paper production, boat building, merchant and custom milling, foundry, and machine work. The city has been a seaport since the early 19th century. The completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and opened the area to unprecedented industrial expansion. Ogdensburg is the only American port on the St. Lawrence Seaway. This proximity to Canada means everything for the Ogdensburg International Airport. The publicly owned airport is located about two miles southeast of the city and is owned by the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority, that also owns and operates the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, Port of Ogdensburg Marine Terminal AT A GLANCE OGDENSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHAT: A convenient commercial/general aviation airport owned and operated by the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority WHERE: City of Ogdensburg, New York WEBSITE: http://ogsair.com/ OGDENSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT “All about convenience”