Weather: Mostly Sunny, 66/89F
Route: From Picton 335km south (around eastern Lake Ontario) on ON-401 E, I-81 S, I-90 W, NY-414 S.
Population: 8,846 (2016)
Significance: In July 1848 many women's rights leaders met here in one of the first conferences in the United States to discuss women's rights. It was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Among those in attendance included Frederick Douglass. It was this conference which led to the movement (although only one attendee would live to see it) that resulted in women's suffrage. Many of the attendees also fought for the abolition of slavery and prohibition of alcohol. The town is situated in the finger lakes region of New York and is next to the Erie Canal. Some say that it was the town that inspired "Bedford Falls" in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
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