Sprucevale
Beaver Creek State Park
 | This is the bridge that Esther Hale is said to haunt. Located at Gretchen's Lock, I have not seen or heard her here or anywhere else in the park. |
 | The Grist Mill I love this building. It is beautiful. It is also haunted. Have you ever been there at night and tried to walk up on the left side of the building? Let me know if anything happened to you. |
 | The Grist Mill Ghost I believe this is Sarah, a soft spoken spirit that talks only in the grist mill. |
 | That's no moon. That's an orb. I miss this house. It was full of mystery. It was haunted by a little boy possibly named David. |
Sprucevale: James Brookes built a small grist mill and flax seed oil mill here in 1810. In 1813 the property was purchased by the Hambleton brothers who built east of the road another larger grist mill. It sits on the Calcutta-Clarkson Road. When the canal was being constructed a new village was platted with twenty lots along the canal. The town was busy when the canal was running. The town was run mostly by the Hambleton brothers who owned the grist mill, store and post office, woolen factory and family farm. There was a blacksmith, flax seed oil mill and a saw mill. All were powered by the water from the canal dam. Twelve to fifteen families were supported by the canal work. The village no longer exists except for Hambleton's grist mill, whose walls can still be seen along with the remains of Gretchen's Lock in this part of Beaver Creek State Park.