Erie Canal
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The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic
The Erie Canal in North Tonawanda, NY
The Mohawk Valley, running east and west, cuts a natural path between the Catskill Mountains to the south and the Adirondack Mountains to the north.
Portrait of DeWitt Clinton by Rembrandt Peale, 1823. Clinton was Governor of New York and a champion of the canal
Profile of the original canal
New York State Canal System
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The New York State Canal System is a successor to the Erie Canal and other canals within New York. The 525-mile system is composed of the Erie Canal, the Oswego Canal, the Cayuga–Seneca Canal, and the
Erie Canal
…the Day Peckinpaugh, ended service in 1994. Today, the Erie Canal is mainly used by recreational watercraft. It connects the three other canals in the New York State Canal System: the Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga–Seneca. Some long-distance boaters take the Erie as part of the Great Loop. The canal has also become a tourist…
Lock 30 at Macedon, 2006
Lock 27 in Lyons, New York
Sign in Waterford marking the split of the Erie and Champlain Canals