East Chatham is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
located partly in the town of
Chatham and partly in the town of
Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
, in the state of
New York, United States. It is located at the crossroads of a railroad,
Interstate 90, and the
Taconic State Parkway
The Taconic State Parkway (often called the Taconic or the TSP and known administratively as New York State Route 987G or NY 987G) is a parkway between Kensico Dam and Chatham, the longest in the U.S. state of New York. It follows ...
.
East Chatham is the site of Vovcha Tropa, a campsite owned by
Plast
The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine ( uk, Пласт Національна Скаутська Організація України, ''Plast Natsionalna Skautska Orhanizatsiia Ukrayiny''), commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply P ...
, the Ukrainian Scouting Organization. This camp is attended by several hundred scouts.
The
Rowe-Lant Farm was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2010.
Notable person
Painter
Emma Jane Cady
Emma Jane Cady (November 13, 1854-October 27, 1933) was an American painter known for her theorem paintings.
Life and work
Cady was a native of East Chatham, New York, the oldest of three children of farmer Norman J. Cady. Her family was initia ...
was born in East Chatham.
References
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Columbia County, New York
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