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NYS Canal System Announces Fall Hours of Operation
Effective Thursday, September 15th, 2022, all locks and lift bridges on the NYS Canal System will operate daily between 7 am and 5 pm. The system is scheduled to close to navigation at 5 pm on...
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New York State Canals Bicentennial: Some History & Plans For Celebrations
The Champlain Canal turns 200 this year and the Erie Canal will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2025. The Champlain Canal between the Hudson River and Lake Champlain at Whitehall was the first to...
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Champlain Canal Stories Receives Funding
The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library has been awarded three grants for its project, Champlain Canal Stories, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the canal: $29,550 from the...
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1889 Tows on the Hudson River: Great Fleets of Freight Boats
This article, “Tows on the Hudson. The Great Fleets of Freight Boats That Come Down the River,” first appeared in the August 18, 1889 edition of The New York Times. It was transcribed by Hudson River...
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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Acquires Historical Paintings by Ernest Haas
Historical painter Ernest Haas has donated a collection of his original artworks, prints, and materials to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont. Haas has been a longtime supporter...
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The Musicians of the Sailing Canalboat O.J. Walker
2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Champlain Canal, which connects Lake Champlain to the Hudson River and the rest of the New York State canal system. In commemoration of this...
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When Travel Stopped: The 1872 Equine Influenza Epizootic
In 1872, the economy of North America was threatened by an epizootic (animal epidemic) of equine influenza (horse flu), known as “The Great Epizootic of 1872.” The outbreak is believed to have been the...
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The Experience of a Waterford Canaller
By the 18660s, John Shepard had been a canaller for some time. He had relocated to Waterford, New York, from Massachusetts in 1838, to seek work in an area that was rich with opportunity. Twenty-five...
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Albany and Troy: 19th Century Commercial Rivals
The ambitions of Albany and Troy for commercial supremacy in the nineteenth century illustrate clearly the varied pattern of the transportation history of the United States and furnish a striking...
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The Hard Lot of Canal Boat Women
The following article was written by Emma Louise Trapper and published in the Brooklyn Standard-Union on August 21, 1891. It was transcribed by Hudson River Maritime Museum volunteer researcher George...
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