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The Erie Canal is a destination for tourists from all over the world, and has inspired guidebooks dedicated to exploration of the waterway. [42] [58] An Erie Canal Cruise company, based in Herkimer, operates from mid-May until mid-October with daily cruises. The cruise goes through the history of the canal and also takes passengers through Lock 18.
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, also known as Erie Canal National Historic Landmark, is a historic district that includes the ruins of the Erie Canal aqueduct over Schoharie Creek, and a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long part of the Erie Canal, in the towns of Glen and Florida within Montgomery County, New York.
The Colonial Belle, a canal tour boat. The Fairport Village Landing, opened in 1977, and Packett's Landing, built in the early 1980s, are two of the main shopping, dining and gathering spots in the village. The Colonial Belle is a popular tour boat that offers canal cruises from Packett's Wharf on the Erie Canal in downtown Fairport.
The Old Erie Canal State Historic Park encompasses a 36-mile (58 km) linear segment of the original Erie Canal's Long Level section. It extends westward from Butternut Creek in the town of DeWitt, just east of Syracuse, to the outskirts of Rome, New York. The park includes restored segments of the canal's waterway and towpath which were in ...
These connect with the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, which runs by the north entrance to Green Lakes State Park (just above the top of the aerial photograph). The Erie Canal , which was abandoned in 1918, is still continuous within this State Historic Park, and the old towpath is now a walking and bicycling path.
1922, 102 years ago City buys canal land. Utica Mayor Fred Douglas and members of the Common Council agree to buy from the state for $500,000 the abandoned old Erie Canal strip of land that runs ...
An interior view of Maynard Church at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The church was originally built and located in Marcy, NY in 1839, but moved to the village in ...
Tugboat in a lock on the Erie Canal. The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Area in New York State. [1] It has created signage in a wide area, including placing signs many miles away from any historic site of the Erie Canal. [citation needed] The corridor includes 34 National historic landmarks and 234 local ...