Canal Basin & Sluiceway

Historical marker location:

Phillipsport, New York

( Marker can be reached from Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.)

Delaware & Hudson Canal.

The first-ever recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the modern rules of the game were established in New York City in 1845 by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.