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GENERAL AND HISTORICAL LINKS
- New York State Canals: Cruise the
Past, Unlock the Adventure -- The official New York State Canal Corporation web site;
geared to the canal today, but with some important historical information.
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Guide to Canal Records -- Describes records in the New York State Archives documenting
New York's canals from the earliest Erie Canal surveys to the completion and operation of the
Barge Canal.
- History of the Erie Canal --
A portion of the University of Rochester Department of History web site with much historical
information from original sources; still a work in progress.
- Canal Society of New York State -- The
Canal Society of New York State brings together canal enthusiasts from across the state, to
learn about the history, development and on-going activities associated with the numerous canal
systems found throughout the state.
- The Erie Canal: a
Journey Through History -- Combines songs, historical information, post cards, panoramic
photos, maps and community profiles to create a comprehensive multimedia package about the
canal and its national impact. Requires Flash and QuickTime plugins.
- Marco Paul's
Travels on the Erie Canal: An Educational Voyage, by Janet Williammee and Rhonda King
(American Memory Fellows 2000) -- A lesson plan for students in grades 4-8, based on the
book in the Library of Congress's American Memory. Join Marco on his educational voyage in
the 1840s, experiencing the Erie Canal and "lessons in life" firsthand.
HISTORICAL SITES, MUSEUMS AND TOURISM LINKS
- The Lockport Locks and
Canal District "A Tourism Service Of Lockport's Home Page." Information about
canal-related sites and sights in Lockport.
- Memorial Art Gallery
of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY -- An article by Marjorie B. Searl about
George Harvey's painting: "Pittsford on the Erie Canal - A Sultry Calm". For art in general, see
the Gallery's home page.
- Camillus Erie Canal Park -- Camillus
Landing, near the historic village of Camillus, New York, was the midpoint of the Erie Canal.
The Canal Park encompasses the first enlargement of the Erie Canal as it crosses the township of
Camillus, and includes a water-filled lock demonstration.
- Erie Canal Museum -- A private,
nonprofit corporation founded in 1962, and housed in the 1850 Weighlock Building, where canal
boats were weighed during the days when they traveled through the center of Syracuse on the
Erie Canal. As the official Syracuse Heritage Area Visitor Center, the ECM is the place to learn
local and state history.
- Erie Canal Village -- An
outdoor living history museum in the form of a re-created 1840-1860 era Canal village located
alongside a portion of the original Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y.
- Chittenango Landing
Canal Boat Museum -- Located within the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park in Central
New York State, the museum tells of the construction of cargo boats, the workings of the
restored dry docks, and the social history of the canal era.
- Erie Canal Lock 33, St. Johnsville, New York --
A site devoted to the history and preservation of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 33, with some
information about the surrounding area.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES
ACCOMMODATIONS NEAR THE CANAL
- Adams Basin Inn Bed & Breakfast --
Located next to the historic towpath of the Erie Canal, Adams Basin Inn was the first
mercantile business in Adams Basin, NY.
- Ancestors Inn at the Bassett House -- A
historic bed and breakfast located just outside of Syracuse, NY, two blocks from Onondaga
Lake, and near marina docking on the Erie Canal.
- Toganenwood Estate -- "A romantic, Finger
Lakes NY bed and breakfast." An 1832 historic estate with 900 ft on the Canandaigua Outlet
located three miles south of Lyons, NY. The front steps are Erie Canal blocks dropped off
by the canal workers.
- Vintage Gardens Bed & Breakfast
-- Located "on more than 2.5 secluded acres of formal gardens and woodlands. Formerly the
Jackson & Perkins Rose Company Estate, this historic Tudor built in 1844 and tastefully
furnished with antiques, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ... only two
blocks from the Erie Canal."
OTHER RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST
- Low Bridge Productions --
Video stories featuring details of New York's historic Erie Canal.
- Corn Hill Navigation -- "Corn Hill
Navigation is a not-for-profit corporation with a call to action vision to improve and sustain
the Erie Canal and adjoining Genesee River ... Our principal activity is the operation of
sister ships Sam Patch packet boat replica and historic wooden vessel Mary Jemison."
- Mid-Lakes Navigation Company -- Mid-Lakes
Navigation offers daily cruises, overnights and charters on the Erie Canal.
- Colonial Belle, Fairport, NY -- Information
about the Colonial Belle, "the largest tour boat that operates on the Erie Canal."
- Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises --
Experience a 2-hour cruise which includes "locking through" and being raised the 49 ft.
elevation of the Niagara Escarpment in the only double set of locks on the Erie Canal.
The site also features a canalside banquet and meeting facility.
- The Travels of Tug 44 -- "This website offers a
pictorial cruise log on the Erie Canal, Champlain Canal and the Hudson River as well as
construction photos of Tug 44."
- MuralMania.org -- "an online effort in support
of the development of an art gallery spanning the entire length of the New York State
Erie Canal."
- Low Bridge Charters -- European style
bare-boat charters on the historic Erie Canal.
- Intracoastal Transportation --
East coast & NYS Barge Canal towing specialists ; see especially their
Erie Canal page, with links to pictures of Locks E-1 (Federal Lock - Troy) through E-23
(Brewerton) and Three Rivers (where the Oneida, Seneca and Oswego Rivers meet).
- Erie Canal Bike Tour -- Rick
and Wynne Langer
- Rick Langer's Erie Canal Web
Links page
- British Pottery Displaying
Erie Canal Imagery -- "American Historical Views on Staffordshire and Liverpool
Pottery: The Erie Canal" at the Rochester Museum & Science Center.
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