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Holy cow. That's a lot higher than I expected. Doesn't the US census also have a separate category (distinct from "French") for French Canadian ancestry? If so, then some of those counties would be even more predominantly of French/French Canadian origin.
Yes, people underestimate the percentage of people of French(Canadian) descent in parts of Northern NY/the North Country. Even in some of the former mill towns in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area like Cohoes and Waterford, as well as some places just north of Syracuse also have high percentages.
I wonder why the Mohawk Valley and west did not seem to receive the same French-Canadian immigrant contributions during the Gilded Age as New England. New England took Poles and Slovaks at the same time as French-Canadians, it seems. Central and western NY seemed to favor Sicilian and other far southern Italians along with the Poles and Slovaks.
The Syracuse-Utica region seems pretty heavily Italian, and you see this influence all the way up to Watertown even.
Irish as well, especially in the Syracuse area.
In terms of an unassuming ethnicity in NY, Chautauqua County has a relatively high Swedish ancestry percentage. That isn't a group you affiliate with NY State.
To bring it back, Cape Vincent, NW of Watertown has a French Festival: French Festival and nearby is the village of Chaumont(pronounced sha-mo) in the town of Lyme: VILLAGE OF CHAUMONT, NY - Home
You also have Chateaugay(pronounced shat-a-gay) in Franklin County: town-of-chateaugay
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In terms of an unassuming ethnicity in NY, Chautauqua County has a relatively high Swedish ancestry percentage. That isn't a group you affiliate with NY State.
Maybe getting off topic but there are Finns around Spencer (Tioga County)/Van Etten (Chemung County) area, south of Ithaca.
I always thought of Malone as a "French" town, but that may be because the one girl I met from there was French (Canadian/American) and it is, of course, close to Quebec.
But then, if you look at a list of "notable people" on the wikipedia entry, there are few French names, so I may be mistaken about the French influence in the area.
I always thought of Malone as a "French" town, but that may be because the one girl I met from there was French (Canadian/American) and it is, of course, close to Quebec.
But then, if you look at a list of "notable people" on the wikipedia entry, there are few French names, so I may be mistaken about the French influence in the area.
Here is an interesting club in Cohoes just north of Albany: Club History
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