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Oswego Canal

Erie Canalway Photo Contest Winners Announced

October 10, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Sam Patch at Schoen Place by Kevin TubioloThe Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor has announced the winners of this year’s Erie Canalway Photo Contest.

435 images were judged in four contest categories: On the Water, Along the Trail, Canal Communities, and Classic Canal. Judges selected first, second, and third place winning images in each category, as well as 12 honorable mentions. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Photo Contest Winners Announced

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Oswego Canal, Photography

Signs For Paddlers Installed Along Canalway Water Trail

October 4, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Halfmoon-Crescent Park Water Trail Sign_980x620Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor has recently installed new signs to mark the NYS Canalway Water Trail at more than 140 launch sites along the Erie, Champlain, Cayuga-Seneca, and Oswego canals.

The blue and yellow signs are intended to help paddlers identify safe put-in and take-out sites from the water and assist with wayfinding to launch sites from land. [Read more…] about Signs For Paddlers Installed Along Canalway Water Trail

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Oswego Canal, paddling

Grants for Historic Markers Celebrating Canals Available

September 10, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Locktender's House in JordanThe next grant round of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Historic Transportation Canal Marker Grant Program is now open.

This roadside marker program commemorates the historical significance of transportation canals in the United States. Grants cover the entire cost of a cast aluminum marker, pole and shipping. [Read more…] about Grants for Historic Markers Celebrating Canals Available

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Chenango Canal, D&H Canal, Erie Canal, Grants, Lake Champlain Canal, Oswego Canal, Transportation, Transportation History, William Pomeroy Foundation

Erie Canalway Photo Contest Call for Entries

August 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Max Jacob on the Erie Canal by Frank ForteErie Canalway National Heritage Corridor has announced a call for entries for its 15th annual Erie Canalway Photo Contest.

Images should convey the unique character of New York’s canals and canal communities. Entries must be postmarked by August 28, 2020. Winning photos will be featured in the 2021 Erie Canalway calendar. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Photo Contest Call for Entries

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Oswego Canal, Photography

Portions of Erie Canal Opening Friday

June 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lockport Locks DistrictPortions of the New York State Canal system are scheduled to open on Friday, June 26, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. for the 2020 navigation season.

Major construction and maintenance at several locks continues. [Read more…] about Portions of Erie Canal Opening Friday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: boating, Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, NYS Canal Corporation, Oswego Canal, paddling

Canalway Challenge Promotes Health and History

May 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

CanalwayChallenge_Launch_JoggerErie Canalway National Heritage Corridor has invited New Yorkers to take part in the 2020 Canalway Challenge, tracing history and tracking miles along New York’s canals and Canalway Trail.

Part fitness challenge, part journey of discovery, the Canalway Challenge is free and registration is open to people of all ages and abilities. [Read more…] about Canalway Challenge Promotes Health and History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: bicycling, Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Chenango Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Glens Falls Feeder Canal, hiking, Oswego Canal, paddling

NYS Canal System Opening Being Delayed

April 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Erie Canal near Lyons April 2020Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Canal System will not open the locks to navigation on May 15th as previously announced. [Read more…] about NYS Canal System Opening Being Delayed

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Chenango Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Lake Champlain Canal, NYS Canal Corporation, Oswego Canal, Public Health, Transportation

Canal Society of NY Seeks Executive Director

March 24, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

canal society of nyThe Canal Society of New York State is seeking an Executive Director to ensure fulfillment of the Society’s mission and strategic plan and to implement administrative procedures for the day-to-day financial and operational oversight of the Society’s properties, staff, collections and programs. [Read more…] about Canal Society of NY Seeks Executive Director

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Canal Society of New York State, Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Erie Canal, Oswego Canal

Grants Available for Canal History Markers

September 16, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

D&H Canal marker provided by Pomeroy FoundationThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation has officially opened a new grant round of its Historic Transportation Canals Marker Grant Program. This historic marker program commemorates the history of canals across the U.S. Grants cover the entire cost of a marker, pole and shipping.

The Pomeroy Foundation is a private, grant-making foundation based in Syracuse. One of its main initiatives is to help people celebrate their community’s history through a variety of roadside marker grant programs, including its historic transportation canals program. [Read more…] about Grants Available for Canal History Markers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Chenango Canal, D&H Canal, Erie Canal, Grants, Historic Preservation, Oswego Canal, William Pomeroy Foundation

Erie Canalway Photo Contest Call for Entries

June 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

erie canalway photo contestAmateur and professional photographers are invited to submit entries for the 14th annual Erie Canalway Photo Contest. Photos should convey the wealth of things to do and see along the waterway and express the beauty and unique character of the canal and canal communities. Winning photos will be featured in the 2020 Erie Canalway calendar. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Photo Contest Call for Entries

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Oswego Canal, Photography

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