Monthly Archives: March 2021

Erie Canal Featured on CBS Sunday Morning News Show

Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City It was an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet in it's day.   But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting…
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Reimagine The Canals Community Input Report

It wasn't too long ago that the New York State Canal Corporation and parent, New York Power Authority (NYSCC & NYPA)  brought together hundreds of Canal Enthusiast from across the state and asked them to sit together to consider what the 21st Century Erie Canal should look like. Around the state the NYSCC setup gathering…
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