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Radisson is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Lysander, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The population was 7,038 at the 2020 census. The CDP is in northwestern Onondaga County, in the eastern part of the town of Lysander. It is bordered to the southwest by the village of Baldwinsville, to the northwest by the Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area, and to the east by the Seneca River, part of the Erie Canal in this location. New York State Route 31 (Belgium Road) runs along the southern side of the CDP, leading southwest into Baldwinsville and east 10 miles (16 km) to Cicero. Syracuse is 13 mi…
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2 I refer to Radisson alone, because for half the time in 1 659 Groseillers was ill at the lake, and we cannot be sure that he accompanied Radisson in all the journeys south and west, though Radisson generously always includes him as " we." Besides, Groseillers seems to have attended to the trading, Radisson to the exploring.
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no PATHFINDERS OF THE WEST fuse to a barrel of powder, Radisson threw this over into the Iroquois fort. The crash of the explosion was followed by a blaze of the Iroquois musketry that killed three of Radisson's men. Radisson then tore the bark off a birch tree, filled the bole with powder, and in the darkness crept close to the Iroquois barricade and set fire to the logs. Red tongues of fire
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