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2026 Fall Study Tour Follow-Up
Likely you’ve heard of Lock 17, where vessels are lifted or lowered the greatest distance in the NYS Canals. But what do you make of this 1921 photo? Is that an airplane sidled up to the south side approach? What type of airplane is that, and who are the half dozen or so people gathered…
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Lisa is the best! She’s always busy making the canal trail in Camillus a wonderful place to bike and run!
Becoming a stowaway on one of your boats crossed my mind. I then told myself, I am too quick witted…
In 1893 another Viking replica made its way through the Erie Canal. Story is here: https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/12/vikings-traveled-erie-canal/
Good to hear from you, Thebubbly. And you are correct: not everyone realizes that travel is possible around the whole…
Dispatches from the Samuel Center 
[…] you’ve heard of Lock 17, where vessels are lifted or lowered the greatest distance in the NYS Canals. But…