Erie Canalway Map & Guide 2011
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National Park Service Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor U.S. Department of the Interior Erie Canalway Map & Guide 2011 Seneca Falls; Linda Solan Linda Falls; Seneca Start your adventure here. Experience the rich history, hometown hospitality, and numerous attractions of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. You’ll find engineering marvels, historic vessels and canal sites, and lively Main Streets, along with great recreational opportunities and hundreds of festivals and events. More than 500 miles of navigable waterway and 234 distinctive communities stretching across the full expanse of upstate New York are here to explore. Today’s Canals Erie Canalway Trail Canal Communities Rent a canal boat for a few hours or a Enjoy unparalleled cycling and hiking Stroll through villages, towns, and cities What’s Inside weeklong vacation, step on board a tour along the Erie Canalway Trail. The paved whose watery front doors still give way to boat, or explore in your own cruiser, and stone dust trail follows both active historic Main Streets with one-of-a-kind Getting Here is Half the Fun . .2 kayak or canoe. The Erie, Champlain, and historic sections of the Erie Canal shops, restaurants, and cultural attractions. Take to the Water . .2 Cayuga-Seneca, and Oswego canals are from Buffalo to Albany—much of it along Sample local wines, and get the freshest open for navigation from May through the canal’s former towpath. fruits, vegetables, and baked goods at Take the Road Less Traveled . .2 November. farmers’ markets. Hit the Trail! . .3 Festivals and Events Cycling with Kids . .3 Original Towpath Era Canals Join the fun and celebrate canal heritage Nature & Scenic Beauty and Engineering Marvels at hundreds of canal-side festivals and The canals of New York State traverse Erie Canalway Map . .4 New York’s canal system was a nationally events each year, including parades, some of New York’s most picturesque Regional Flavor . .6 and internationally significant work of fireworks, family-fun activities, music, countryside. Discover exceptional nature Join the Fun at Festivals engineering. Find historic structures, as crafts, and demonstrations. preserves and parks for birdwatching, and Events . .7 well as locks, lift bridges, and guard gates photography, painting, or just enjoying still in use today. nature’s quiet refuge. The Arts! . .7 What Canal? . .7 Find It! Check our map on pages 4-5 to discover some of the best sites to visit in the Erie Canalway National Heritage Heritage Corridor Profile . .8 Corridor. Even more information is available at www.eriecanalway.org Do Your Part! . .8 Getting Here is Half the Fun COMPANY/ TELEPHONE/ There’s a lot to see and do in the Erie Canalway National Heritage LOCATION WEBSITE CANOE/KAYAK RENTAL AND HOURLY TOURS DAILY SELF-SKIPPERED BOAT CHARTER OVERNIGHT/MULTI- CRUISE DAY CHARTER W/CAPTAIN/CREW Champlain Canal Corridor. But as you decide where to go, remember that getting Carillon Cruises, 802-897-5331 there can be half the fun. Whitehall www.carilloncruises.com • • Champlain Canal 518-695-5609 Tour Boats, Schuylerville www.champlaincanaltours.com ••• Lock 12 Marina, 518-499-2049 • Take to the Water Whitehall www.visitwhitehall.com/lock12marina.html Mohawk-Hudson Region What better way to experience the The Boat House, 518-393-5711 • oldest continuously operating Schenectady www.boathousecanoeskayaks.com canal in America than to get out on Captain’s Choice, 518-470-4666; 518-872-3454 • the water! There are numerous Clifton Park, Troy www.captainschoiceny.com choices for hourly tours, overnight Erie Canal Cruises, 315-717-0350 • excursions, and do-it-yourself Herkimer www.eriecanalcruises.com exploration. Consult our chart to Erie-Champlain Canal Boat 518-577- 6363; 518-432-6094 Company, Waterford www.eccboating.com •• find boat rentals and tours. Central Region If you like boats, but prefer to Discovery Marine Services 315-317-3694 enjoy them from shore, stop by Baldwinsville www.discoverymarineservices.com • one of the many canal harbors, Mid-Lakes Navigation Co., 315-685-8500; 800-545-4318 visitor centers, or parks on the Baldwinsville, Skaneateles www.midlakesnav.com •• water. Many of the NYS Canal Cayuga-Seneca Canal System’s 57 locks include water- Bon Voyage Adventures, 585-703-0031 front parks for picnicking, fishing, Geneva www.roselummis.com • • playing, or just sitting on the bank Canal Side Experiences, 315-651-4443 and watching boats. Tugboats, Waterloo www.canalside.net ••• barges, and historic replica canal Captain Bill’s, 607-535-4541 boats ply canal waters, alongside Watkins Glen www.senecaharborstation.com • today’s cruisers, motorboats, Lockport Finger Lakes Boat Rental, 315-364-8663 kayaks, and canoes. Auraora www.fingerlakesboatrental.com • Finger Lakes Water 315-789-5520 Adventures, Waterloo www.fingerlakeswateradventures.com •• The NYS Canal System is typically open from May 1 through November 15 . Force Seven Charters, Inc., 585-330-7440 It is owned and operated by the New York State Canal Corporation, a Seneca Lake, Waterloo www.forcesevencharters.com ••• subsidiary of the New York State Thruway Authority . Current information on Fuzzy Guppies, 315-539-8848 fees for boating through the locks, up-to-date notices to mariners, and the Waterloo www.fuzzyguppies.com • officialCruising Guide to the New York State Canal System may be found at www.canals.ny.gov or by calling 1-800-4-CANAL-4 (1-800-422-6254) . Liberty Boat Tours, 315-246-7608 ; 315-789-5520 (Geneva) Seneca Falls, Geneva www.libertyboattours.com • • Tiohero Tours, 866-846-4376 Ithaca www.tioherotours • • Western Region Amherst Marine Center, 716-691-6707 Take the Road Less Traveled Amherst www.amherstmarinecenter.com • The New York State Thruway (I-90) roughly parallels the Erie Canalway route from Colonial Belle–Erie Canal 585-223-9470 Boat Tour, Fairport www.colonialbelle.com • • Albany to Buffalo. Northway I-87 provides access from Albany to Whitehall. But to see the best parts of the Erie Canalway, you’ll want to get off the Interstate! Corn Hill Navigation, 585-662-5748 Rochester, Pittsford www.samandmary.org • • State and county roads that hug the water more closely and thread through the Erie Canal Boat Company, 585-748-2628 • hamlets, villages, and cities that grew along the waterways are the best way to access Fairport www.eriecanalboatcompany.com canal towns and sites. Genesee Waterways 585-328-3960 Center, Rochester www.geneseewaterways.org • Try these routes: Lock 32 Whitewater Park, 585-586-4330 • NY Rte 31 Pittsford www.geneseewaterways.org • in western Lockport Locks and Erie 800-378-0352; 716-433-6155 New York Canal Cruises, Lockport www.lockportlocks.com • • • NY Rte 5 and 5S Low Bridge Charters, 315-539-8034 • in the Mohawk Fairport www.lowbridgecharters.com Valley Mid-Lakes Navigation: 315-986-3011 ••• • NY Rte 48 and Macedon Landing, Macedon www.macedonlanding.com Rte 481 along the Multiple Locations Oswego Canal American Canadian 800-556-7450; 401-247-0955 • NY Rte 4 along Caribbean Line, Inc., Warren www.accl-smallships.com • the Champlain Erie Canal Cruise Lines, 800-962-1771 Canal Cape Vincent www.canalcruises.com • ...and a host of Mid-Lakes Navigation Co., 800-545-4318 smaller roads in Skaneateles www.midlakesnav.com • Rome; L.A. Matteson L.A. Rome; between. 2 Erie Canalway Map & Guide Hit the Trail Walking or cycling on the Erie Canalway to extend the network are underway. Trail offers a glimpse of what travelling The Glens Falls Feeder Canal Trail is a across the state with a canal boat in tow seven-mile trail along the historic feeder might have been like. It’s also a perfect canal from Glens Falls to Fort Edward. way to access all sorts of interesting canal The trail passes the Five Combines, sites that you’d miss in a car. The 365-mile an intact series of five locks, on the Old trail closely parallels much of the Erie Champlain Canal in Fort Edward. Canal from Albany to Buffalo; more than three-quarters is off-road. The Erie Canalway Trail is open to hikers, joggers, and bicyclists, as well as cross- Short off-road trails along the Champlain country skiers in winter. Some paved Canal are also available in Waterford, sections are suitable for in-line skating. Halfmoon, and Schuylerville, and plans Scalia Phil Park; State Canal Erie Old Cycling with Kids The Erie Canalway Trail is not just for adults! It presents great, safe opportuni- Let’s Move…Outdoors! ties for kids and families to exercise, learn, and discover some of New York’s best treasures. The America’s Great Outdoors Initiative was established by Tips for Cycling with Kids President Obama to reconnect Americans, especially children, • Go far enough to have fun, without Palmyra-Macedon Aqueduct Park Aqueduct Palmyra-Macedon to nature . It dovetails well with pushing it beyond what kids can First Lady Michelle Obama’s Cycling Resources handle. Plan short rides initially and Let’s Move campaign to fight lengthen them as your child’s interest childhood obesity . • Cycling the Erie Canal—140-page or 518-436-3055. Canal Corp is and stamina grow. guidebook packed with detailed responsible for developing and • Stop along the way. Make brief pit Take advantage of the many parks information on the trail, as well as overseeing the Erie Canalway Trail. stops to see old aqueducts, bridges, and trails in the Erie Canalway attractions, lodging, shops, parking, Information is also available online locks, or wildlife. National Heritage Corridor to and other services; 42 easy-to-read at www.nyscanals.gov/exvac/trail. explore our great outdoors this maps; 9” x 5” spiral-bound size is easy • Choose a destination where you’ll • Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail summer with a child in your life . to take with you. Available for pur- turn around. This gives kids a sense Map—free map of the easternmost Whether you bicycle, swim, walk, chase from Parks & Trails New York, of accomplishment and a point to portion of the trail (Schenectady– boat, or fish together, you’re www.ptny.org/guidebook, 518-434-1583.