Roseland Park, Canandaigua, NY (1970)

Fun and frolic are words that described the atmosphere at this location of wonderment, an early amusement park that was started in 1925 on the lake front in Canandaigua, New York. For sixty years this modest lakeside enterprise catered to the tastes of middle class Americans. Its early offerings included a dance hall and a few rides. As the years passed, free circus style attractions were added. By the time it ceased operations in 1985, this regional attraction offered miniature golf, boat rides, bingo, a tram and numerous amusement rides including bumper cars and a wooden roller coaster. Young and old alike flocked to Canandaigua each summer to enjoy Roseland Park. When I lived in nearby Rochester, I often visited Roseland as I loved the wooden roller coaster. Shot with a Bolex 16mm camera, here is a group of us enjoying the day at Roseland. I remember it as a fun place to be and was sorry to hear that it closed.
NOTE: I need to go back to my original 16mm film & recopy this. Somewhere down the line, the file was downsized too much & this video has too many artifacts.
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Filmed: July 1970

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Travel & Events

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• roller
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• Roseland
• Park
• NY
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• York
• Canandaigua
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• amusement

[fayeteville]

that woman seemed very friendly,lol

kerry nice song, i forgot the name!

thanks again

[KKD1247]

As for the song, one of my all-time favorites, "More" by Kai Winding. As for the "friendly woman", theres a long story about each of those pictured.

[czfgrany]

Had a lot of fun there, lot of good memories! Thanks for sharing!

[MzMuseProductions]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[spitfirexxi]

I loved this place!!! The Golden nugget was alot of fun!

[midnitedude1]

@yaywhewclips242 I remember Olympic park and riding the Wild Mouse for about an hour straight. It was a weekday and the guy just let us go until we said "LET US OFF!!"

[jonlennon1973]

I can't even tell you how many memories I have of this place.I busted my nose on that coaster with my Dad in the early 70's lol.

[jonlennon1973]

I can't even tell you how many memories I have of this place.

[roflmcwaffleRC]

very nice video =)

my dad fell off of the ride over the lake when he was a teenager, that story never gets old

thanks for sharing!

[yaywhewclips242]

what was the "gold Rush"? Remember Olympic Park and the Wild Mouse?

[acoop777]

my dad when he was in callage made a video of roseland when it closed down he said he used a song from 1 felw over the coo coo nest if any one could help me look 4 that on hear or what not please email me i want to give him a dvd copy of that for xmas cas he lost the film i will u my # in an email back i with any leads hopfuly

thank

ps id like to c it frist so i can tell (i can tell cas my dad told me how it went)

[iluv2befit]

Thank you very much for sharing this! I loved this park and remember it clearly even though I was 12 when they closed it :-( They don't make parks like this anymore. It was so much fun!