Canopus Island

Historical marker location:

Mahopac, New York

( Marker is on S Lake Blvd. (New York State Route 6 N) east of Hilltop Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2002

In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, New York. He was shot by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz while attending the Pan-American Exposition.