Gateway Harbor & Erie Canal - North Tonawanda

There is a nice park on the Erie Canal in North Tonawanda that is a great place for pictures, concerts and picnics. With the boats that dock along the side of the canal, the park is very scenic.

 

 

 

Scenic Albion, NY

Want to take a stroll down memory lane? Travel to Albion, New York where you will be transplanted to an earlier and happier time. Albion is a small town in Western New York that is on the Erie Canal and has some very unique architecture. Here's some pictures I took there in late June...

 

 

Erie Canal in Medina

The Erie Canal takes an unusual turn as it goes above a road in Media. Here's a picture of a bridge where the road actually goes under the Erie Canal, along with two picture of the canal above the road.

Erie Canal

The old Erie Canal with the old Memorial Auditorium (now torn down) in the background.

A man-made waterfalls marks the beginning of the "Commercial Slip"

where the Erie Canal used to be.

Erie Canal in Buffalo

The old Erie Canal was re-dredged and plans are for it to be extended

even longer than it is currently.