Canoe Place station explained

Style:	LIRR former
Canoe Place
Address:	Shinnecock Canal Canoe Place, New York
Coordinates:	40.8877°N -72.5008°W
Opened:	1935^[1]
Closed:	1953
Owned:	Long Island Rail Road (former)
Other Services Header:	Former services

Canoe Place was a station stop along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and first opened as a low cinder platform on the south east side of Shinnecock Canal in 1935. The station was in service for "Fisherman's Special" trains and was closed in 1953.^{[1] [2] [3]} "Fisherman's Special" trains operated from Penn Station to Montauk and provided an intermediate stop at Canoe Place for boats waiting to take anglers out on Peconic Bay.^{[4] [5]} The station was located between Hampton Bays and Suffolk Downs Stations.^[6] The hamlet where it was located is now part of Hampton Bays, New York.

Notes and References

1. Book: Morrison, David D. . Long Island Rail Road: Montauk Branch . Charleston, SC . Arcadia Publishing . 2021 . 83 . 9781467106900.
2. News: November 5, 1989 . Montauk . Letter to the Editor . The New York Times . A26 . December 2, 2022.
3. Web site: Fishing and the LIRR . trainsarefun.com . December 2, 2022.
4. News: Meyer . Robert Jr. . June 12, 1949 . Fisherman's Special to Montauk . The New York Times . X19 . November 30, 2022.
5. Book: Weigold, Marilyn E. . Peconic Bay: Four Centuries of History on Long Island's North and South Forks . Syracuse, NY . Syracuse University Press . 2015 . 147 . 9780815653097.
6. Web site: LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY. trainsarefun.com. 2010-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20100408100226/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm#. 2010-04-08. dead.