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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.
- 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.
- Erie Canal - 175th
Anniversary, "Monument of Progress" -- A site based on an exhibition at Union College,
with much historical information and rare images of the Erie Canal. An expanded version of
this information is available on The Erie Canal site.
- 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.
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The Erie Canal -- A slide presentation on the history of the Erie Canal by Prof. Sam
Clemence and Elizabeth Kahl, College of Engineering & Computer Science, Syracuse
University (7/2/1999).
- 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.
- Palmyra, New York -- Erie Canal
-- A brief site listing canal-related projects underway in Palmyra, with some links.
- 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
- Towpath Times: Connecting
lifelines along the Old Erie and Champlain Canals -- "an on-going project in which you are
invited to participate by submitting copies of your Erie Canal family information to share with
other interested visitors." Includes old photographs of Erie Canal sites.
- Resources on the Erie Canal
-- a section of New York History Net, which provides news about and links to events,
activities, and sites relating to the Erie Canal.
- Ships Blog -- a resource for boaters using the
New York State Canal System.
- NYcanal.com -- a commercial site with
some Erie Canal information.
- We
remember ... The Erie Canal, by Helen Walker -- A history written for and presented at the
Col. William Prescott Chapter DAR Good Citizens meeting on March 18, 1998.
- The Ditch That Made Buffalo the
Queen City of the Lakes, by Eric Brunger -- A reprint from from a book entitled
"Niagara Land: the First 200 Years".
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 LINKS OF INTEREST
(related to The Erie canal, however tenuously)
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