Historical Marker
Squaw Island
Historical marker location:
Canandaigua, New York
( Marker is on City Pier, ΒΌ mile south of Lakeshore Rd.)
Marker installed: 1984
The Woodstock Music Festival, which is considered a seminal moment in American cultural history, did not actually take place in the town of Woodstock, New York. The festival was held on a dairy farm in nearby Bethel, New York, about 60 miles south of Woodstock.