Canal Links
Here are some useful canal related links, please feel free to add your site here (use edit tab at the top of the page), we just ask that you add a return link back to us.
- Request Official Canal Information - Get free information from the New York State Canal Corporation.
General Canal Links
- The Official New York State Canal Corporation Website - Title says it all!
- Parks & Trails New York website - Non-profit group that promotes completion of the Canalway Trail; also leads annual bike tour of the trail and publishes a guide to the trail.
- The Travels of Tug 44 - Captain Fred Wehner shares photos (with captions) of his journeys across New York aboard Tug 44.
- ErieCanal.org - Provides historic information about the Old Erie Canal.
- Erie Canal Museum - Free museum located in an old weighlock building of the Old Erie Canal (Located in Syracuse).
- Canals.com - Canal Boating in the U.K. and Europe (and some North America info).
- Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor - Works to preserve, promote, and interpret the 524-mile long Corridor for all to use and enjoy.
- Cruise the Erie Canal - Wallace Gouk's Cruising the Erie Canal.
Trip Reports
- Bella Luna (2008) - They travel from the Hudson to Lake Champlain on the Champlain Canal.
- Apolonia Cruise (2008) - Cruising in luxury from Waterford to Lake Ontario.
- BlueJacket (2008) - Sailing mast-less up up the Hudson to Oswego and Beyond.
- Kopasetic Ship's Blog (2004-6) - Captain Ben Kopf details his journeys aboard Kopasetic that covers the Cayuaga-Seneca Canal and portions of the Western Erie Canal.
- Jeff Knakal's Erie Canal Trip (2003) - Rowing the entire Erie Canal in a rowing shell.
- David Guenther's Canal Related Site (2001) - Detailed, but a bit outdated, of David's journeys on the Erie Canal.
- Manthey's Champlain Canal and Lake Cruise (2001) - Waterford to the north end of Lake Champlain in a canoe!
- Manthey's Erie Canal Cruise (2000) - Troy to Lake Ontario in a canoe!
Canal Cruises and Boat Rentals
- American Canadian Caribbean Line, Inc., P.O. Box 368, Warren, RI 02885, (800) 556-7450
- Amherst Marine Center Inc., 1900 Campbell Blvd., Amherst, NY 14228, (716) 691-6707
- Canal Princess Charters, P.O. Box 421, Tonawanda, NY 14151, (716) 693-2752
- Canalside Experiences, 706 Waterloo-Geneva Road, Waterloo, NY 13165, (315) 651-4443
- Classic Cruiser Charters, 261 Brighton Road, Worcester, NY 12197-9706, (607) 397-9344
- Cruise - USA, 406 Mc Namee Ave, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, (228) 424-3768
- Erie Canal Cruise Lines, P.O. Box 285, Cape Vincent, NY 13618, (800) 962-1771
- Erie-Champlain Canal Boating Company, 1 Tugboat Alley, Waterford, NY 12188, (518) 577- 6363
- Force Seven Charters, Inc., PO Box 26593, Rochester, NY 14626-0593, (585) 349-7399
- Low Bridge Charters, P.O. Box 7, Waterloo, NY 13165, (315) 539-8034
- Mid-Lakes Navigation Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 61, 11 Jordan St., Skaneateles, NY 13152, (315) 685-8500