Boats leave Erie Canal Lock E-2 to on the first day of the 2023 navigation season for the state’s canal system on Friday morning, May 19, 2023, in Waterford, N.Y.

Built between 1817 and 1825, the Erie Canal provided a water route from Albany to Buffalo, New York, nearly 363 miles to the west. ... It is an online map tool for users to create paper and PDF ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This summer marks the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, a historic waterway that has played a significant role in Rochester’s development. About 100 years ago, the canal ...

By The Way The Erie Canal is turning 200. New York is throwing a summer-long party. The waterway, one of the continent’s most significant, has a history full of abolitionism, commerce and ...

Construction on the Erie Canal, considered a marvel of engineering, began July 4, 1817, and lasted until it opened Oct. 26, 1825. It ultimately transformed New York state, boosted such cities as ...

A sign marks a 5-mile section of the Erie Canalway Trail at the Pattersonville Trailhead near the intersection of Route 5S and Scotch Church Road, which is part of the 750-mile Empire State Trail ...

The Camillus Erie Canal Park is home to one of the remaining aqueducts from the first enlargement in 1842. Aqueducts are water-filled bridges that allow canal boats to travel over rivers and streams.