Altmar Gives Albion a Salmon River Center

Altmar gives Albion one of those local anchors that is easier to feel than to explain on a plain road map. Oswego County lists the Town of Albion offices at the Altmar/Albion Municipal Building in the hamlet of Altmar, so the hamlet is not just a name on the edge of the town. It is part of how local business gets done.

Then the Salmon River adds the story. DEC’s Salmon River Fish Hatchery sits on County Route 22, one mile northeast of the Village of Altmar. The hatchery supplies fish for more than 100 public waters, including Lake Ontario, and stocks about 3.5 million trout and salmon each year.

That gives Albion a nice everyday kind of Color. People may come through for a board meeting, a river day, a fall fishing trip, or a quick look at the hatchery viewing area. The town feels small, but the water work reaches far past the hamlet. Altmar is a good reminder that a rural place can be quiet on a weekday and still sit on a route that matters to anglers across the state.