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18:24 The current Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York was built between 1839 and 1844 - long after the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and War of 1812. It replaced a log palisaded fort.

I fell in love with New Mexico because of this and Carlsbad. Can’t wait to go back.

Hi. Sitting in my garden in Ireland on one of our few warm days, I watched your erie canal journey with pleasure. I feel so attached to it and its history since I researched it for my ebook And They Never Looked Back. The story of an Irish family who used that route to the Midwest payback when. Thank you for that pleasant cruise through history. Anne

The original design had no connection to Lake Ontario, which had these long-term effects: 1. There are few US ports on Lake Ontario; and 2. Canada was "forced" by competitive pressure to construct the Welland Canal (construction 1824-1829).

8:59 The Court Street dam in Rochester. The purpose of the dam is to actually hold back the Genesee River to raise it to the same level as the Erie Canal a few miles south where they cross eachother. This became necessary in 1919 when the canal was moved out of downtown Rochester. The video does not show the actual Erie Canal aqueduct down river from the dam that carried the canal over the Genesee River. It still stands, a testament to the engineers who built 18 original stone aqueducts by hand to bridge obstacles like rivers, streams and rocky terrain.

5:58 "These locks are fully operational..." He seems to be referring to the flight of five old original locks. They are not yet fully operational. The five were replaced with two modern locks over 100 years ago. A 2014 and 2019 restoration resulted in three locks being restored with wooden gates, operational for demonstration on Saturdays. Weekdays the lock gates are open and excess canal water is allowed to flow to create a waterfall effect only through the five locks. This water is also used to regulate the water in the canal eastward. All 5 locks were intended to be restored by the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal in 2025 but restoration of the final two locks has been held up by a lack of funding (as of this writing). When fully completed the goal is to allow small water craft like canoes and kayaks to use the restored flight of five locks. I was disappointed there wasn't a picture taken from a vantage point east of the locks, which would clearly show the 'staircase' of locks climbing the 75-foot tall Niagara Escarpment. This was one of the great engineering challenges when they built the canal!

3:42 Canalside in Buffalo is the location of the OLD terminus of the canal, which was moved north to suburban Tonawanda decades ago, where it joins the Niagara River. Canalside is there just for show. The old canal bed actually had to be excavated after buildings and other development buried it a century ago. Canalside is not an actual working canal but it is a nice venue for all kinds of downtown events. Kudos for showing the old warships! They have an impressive history all their own.

New York state built several arterial canals off from the Erie Canal. One of the lesser known but perhaps most important was the Genesee Valley Canal that linked the Erie Canal in Rochester to Olean in NY's Southern Tier, where it linked up with the Allegheny River. From there adventurous pioneers could float down the Allegheny to Pittsburg and take the Ohio all the way to the Mississippi River! However, by the 1880's, railroads made the Genesee Vallery Canal obsolete and it was closed. The RR closely followed the old canal path. In turn by the 1970s, modern road travel and super-highways were the death knell of the arterial railroads, and the old canal towpath is the Genesee Valley Greenway trail today. And by the 1920s, the Erie Canal came to be regarded as a nuisance and was re-routed outside of the cities of Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. Commercial traffic (barges) on the canal slowed and by the 1970s the Erie Canal became more of a recreation attraction/destination which it remains today!

Great job on the video. Thanks😊

Let's be truthful. The jobs did not dry up. The industries were bought by outsides and moved to China

I grew up 100 yards from the canal in Holley . I learned to fish there . My father use to raise and lower the lift bridge . I owned a few apt houses the backed up to the canal loop . One was a marina and let rooms . Very historic . I was in Buffalo at canal side where they were making an authentic canal boat .

Great pictures and good narration but very disappointed by the content. I wanted to know a lot more about the engineering challenges and how they were overcome. I also want to know about the role of the canal in commerce over its decades - what kind of economic growth did it foster and for how long? Where did if fail as a stimulus to commerce and linking the East to the Midwest via the Great Lakes? And what role did the canal to Lake Champlain play in commerce. Overall nice presentation but too many platitudes and too few hard facts regarding engineering and commerce.

Lived in Rochester in mid 60's & experienced the beauty & industry connected the Erie Canal. Thanks for the memories.

😮thank you soooo much for that I really appreciate that you spent your efforts on this Your technical skills are impressive:-)

Good video. On a minor note. Oswego is pronounced Aaz wee gow. Not aaz way gow

Just for accuracy Port Byron is not a town. It is a village in the town of Mentz.

Thats “ Med eye na “

Best Canal video ever. You did miss an old Aqueduct just East of Syracuse in Camillus, and next to Onondaga lake. I used to live a block away from it in Canastota, and went snowmobiling on the towpath a lot. I live in San Diego now, I took my GF back to see it last year, she had no idea how cool it is to see a working lock !

Cayouuuga, Osweeeeego. Great and informative video!

I was born and raised in Sheffield, but after 47 years in the military and civil service, I wound up in San Diego. I was in Sheffield just two weeks ago visiting family and enjoying the serenity of the property I grew up on. I visited Hector falls many times in my younger days. I was also lucky to fish the Farnsworth Creek while home. The area is still as beautiful as ever.

I was raised in Sheffield, but after 47 years in the military and civil service, I wound up in San Diego. I was in Sheffield just two weeks ago visiting family and enjoying the serenity of the property I grew up on. I visited Hectors Falls several times while growing up and I have been fortunate to fish on the Farnsworth creek recently with a brother and sister. The area is still as beautiful as ever.

I live right in front of love eight on the Oswego canal. Lake Ontario is a half mile from my building.

It is os we go

you forgot the black river canal

You missed lock 17. I believe it’s the tallest single lift in the whole system

Thank you so much for a wonderful tour of the canal.

The Pussycat has sung a song to honor this beautiful mountain, river and landscape "Alleghenny" lyrics Pussycat Lyrics Follow Pussycat on Bandsintown "Alleghenny" There are times I remember a valley With it's trees soaked by waterfall rain From the mountains of high Alleghenny Files an eagle way down into the grain I see places where children were playin' Till the sunset turned all silver lined Ev'rytime I'm alone My Aleghenny home Callin' me to the place I left behind Alleghenny, Alleghenny, Alleghenny Send your echo way up to the sky Alleghenny, Alleghenny, Alleghenny Call me back till the day I'd die Where the shadows fall down from the hillside I've been dreamin' my daydreams away May seasons have flown My Aleghenny home Callin' me to the place I left behind Alleghenny, Alleghenny, Alleghenny Send your echo way up to the sky Alleghenny, Alleghenny, Alleghenny Call me back till the day I'd die

Que interesante documental, he leido mucho sobre el canal y al principio eran mulas a la orilla del canal que remolcaban las embarcaciones, un saludo desde Venezuela

Did you say 11 thousand years???

I was born in Warren, husband in Bradford. We've spent our lives out in these woods. We have a view of the forest from the back window. There's something to do every season, and we wouldn't live anywhere else. It rarely hits 90 degrees, but it is considered the best area in the country for fall leaf viewing. Best part is no one comes here. 😊 Great video.

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This is absolutely incredible

A great video thank you very much! We will be taking this trip to experience it in real time. Thank you.

Oswego pronounced OS - WE -GO not OS WaY-Go

Good overview of CVNP! One more item to note - cyclists can take their bikes on the train, and then ride back to their starting point. If you're visiting the area, both Cleveland and Summit County (Akron) have very good metro park systems.

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Excellent, wonderful production! Thanks!

White Hall is the Birth place of the United States Navy

Germans fallen were NOT victims of the war. They were its authors. They were the occupiers and they were the muscles of the Third Reich with millions of innocent lives swallowed by it. Men, women, children. Most of them murdered not in combat but in Holocaust and in famines orchestrated by Nazis. Eternal shame on the German soldiers of that war!

No cars allowed

I travled the walkways and sat marveling at the drydock and locks of the old 8 foot wide canal near Albany . Some has become basements and walls near a parking lot. But, theres lots of great fossil hunts to be had all the big rack is made of fern and shells everywhare. There's something for everyone to enjoy. What a great job you've done with this video. It should be a school video . It's great thank you 👍

Excellent video. We are heading North this Fall on vacation and I will endeavor to stop at some of these sites, now that you have introduced me to them . Many thanks.

This is known more today as the Barge Canal. It follows most of the Erie Canal original route.

You might want to mention that this is NOT the same as the more famous Ohio and Erie Canal which went from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.

Hey from the Erie Canal terminus at the Chesapeake Bay..👋

I love turning bowls! Can’t wait to see the finished bowl! This is probably my favorite way to dry the rough turned bowls, but I’ve recently been playing with soaking them in denatured alcohol. I’ll probably go back to this, as I am getting cracks in my black cherry. Thanks Carl and Robin!

Great presentation! I grew up beside the Erie Canal in the '50's in Henpeck, to the west of Rochester. First memories were watching the barges and hearing the tug's horns. Just wanted to mention something that would have been a bit of interest. You could have shown the canal's original path through Rochester if you were just one bridge over. There is a double-decker arch bridge 50 yards to the north of the single arch bridge you showed. The lower of those arch bridges once held the Erie Canal as it traversed the Genesee River. After the canal was moved south, it held the subway, as the road for cars was built over it.

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Was there at the 80th😊