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Erie Canal Village (Rome) - This outdoor living history museum is situated where the Erie Canal began, at a groundbreaking ceremony on July 4, 1817. A 15 minute video is a good orientation about how the canal was built, then kids can run around authentic 19th century buildings – blacksmith’s shop (demonstrations in summer), one-room schoolhouse, church, houses, livery stable, railroad station. The Harden Museum has a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, and there’s also a nature trail. |
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The Erie Canal runs through the village, so take a 40 minute ride on a “packet boat” pulled by a mule on a towpath. (Boat rides daily through the summer.) |
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Check for seasonal events at the village. |
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Erie Canal Cruises (Herkimer, near to Utica) – Take a 1 ½ hour cruise on the canal, passing through one lock (Lock 18). Kids will enjoy watching the lock in action, passing other boats on the river, and this section of canal is scenic, lined with leafy green trees in summer. |
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Lockport Locks (Lockport) – Check out the famous “Flight of Five,” the five double-stair locks, glide through parts of the canal that were hand cut through the rock, and pass under drawbridges. Two hour cruises daily, May to October. |
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Join a parade of boats on the Erie Canal the day it opened, October 26, 1825, beginning in Buffalo, going down the five locks at Lockport, continuing east over the aqueducts, under bridges, all the way to New York City, and the Atlantic Ocean. Panoramic watercolors and maps. (Picture book)
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Humorous tall tale of a canal boat captain, set upon by fierce pirates on the Erie Canal. Captain Flynn, aided by his mule Old Frank, eludes the brigands and steers up Niagara Falls. Lively, swashbuckling illustrations. (Picture book)
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(More children's books on other New York pages) |
