The Erie Canal accelerated the settlement of the Great Lakes region, the westward expansion of the United States, and the economic ascendancy of New York state. A canal from the Hudson River to …

Dec 5, 2025 · Taking advantage of the Mohawk River gap in the Appalachian Mountains, the Erie Canal, 584 km (363 miles) long, was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways with …

Built between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo. It was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America.

Mar 15, 2018 · The building of the Erie Canal and subsequent population explosion along its route accelerated the dispossession—or removal—of Native Americans in western New York and the …

Sep 5, 2025 · The Erie Canal was an artificial waterway constructed from 1817 to 1825 to connect the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo, spanning over 350 miles across New York state.

Built between 1817 and 1825 to link Lake Erie to the Hudson River and New York City, the canal brought together goods and people from across New York State and from the far reaches of the …

Memoir of DeWitt Clinton, with an appendix containing numerous documents illustrative of the principal events of his life and of the early history of the canals by David Hosack.

May 27, 2025 · Built between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo. It was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America.

1 day ago · The Erie Canal Museum shares 200 years of Erie Canal history through interactive displays, original artifacts, and public programs.

Yet shortly after the locks opened in 1825, completing a man-made waterway that connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, the critics were silenced, and the Erie Canal, one of the greatest...