HOME - Champlain Canal information, history and businesses - HOME

Champlain Canal Lock 12 S

Lock, Guard Gate & Lift Bridge Phone Numbers

Champlain Canal Lock 12 N

Champlain Canal History On April 17, 1816, a law was passed (chapter 237) appointing Stephen Van Rensselaer, De Witt Clinton, Samuel Young, Joseph Ellicott and Myron Holley as commissioners, "to consider, devise and adopt such measures as may or shall be requisite, to facilitate and effect the communication, by means of canals and locks, between the navigable waters of Hudson's river and Lake Erie, and the said navigable waters and Lake Champlain.

Canal Timeline: Feb 1, 1820 - Canvass White receives a U. S. patent for a cement that hardens underwater.

Roy Finch's History of NY Canals - 1925

Champlain Canal Legal and Historical Events 1791 - 1905

"I was kicked by a mule. He was a young mule; we hadn’t had him very long, and I scared him…I’m telling you he caught me right in the hip. He knocked me clean across the towpath. I sort of knocked the ball out of the hip socket…He didn’t mean to do it. I just scared him." Home on the Canal by Elizabeth Kytle

Two leaky canal boats at the McDowell Lumber Yard, Syracuse, New York, 1910 (Erie Canal Museum) THE CANAL AGE

....And just how does a lock work, anyway? Check out the great explanation at the Friends of the Delaware Canal's Home Page

Click for larger view	The Travels of TUG 44   also see: http://www.tug44.org
Click here for Jim Millard's wonderful historical perspective on Lake Champlain and Lake George http://www.historiclakes.org	American Canal Society
LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN PROGRAM Scientific Studies and Links	STARTRIGHT Tons of Lake Champlain Links

 

The Old Champlain Canal Still Navigable by canoe. Towpath Road, Kingsbury, NY

The history of America is rooted in the path between New York and Canada which leads up the Hudson River and connects to Canada and the Great Lakes. The waterways of New York State played a vital role in the expansion of commerce in America as New York itself played a vital role in the growth of the industrial era. The history of the development of transportation frequently explains the economic growth of the areas they affected.

New York's waterways and harbors still play an important role in interstate commerce with the added feature of recreational boating and use by the public. Historical trails, battlefields, bike trails, museums and plenty of small businesses dot the landscape between Waterford (Lock 1) and Whitehall (Lock 12) to interest and serve the vacationing family; by water or by land!

 

From Waterford on the Hudson to Lake Champlain (Not sure of author) Champlain Canal Byway site from the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce. Champlain Canal Byway Lake Champlain Horse Ferries Then there’s the Amos Mason story it is the kind of story that never all happened on one day ... "On the Waterways" Champlain Canal Video Tapes (2) (we have no affiliation - these are just great tapes) NEW BOOK by Jim Millard

Carillon Tours

Champlain Canal Tours

Downloadable Digital Charts of Lake Champlain
bc cartographic

TOPOZONE
maps

Comments or Suggestions
Email : Mike Klein

This site is for educational and entertainment only, and includes links to other sites for your perusal.
No endorsement of any product or opinion linked to is being made by nature of that link.
I cannot take responsibility for what changes may happen on a site after I add the link,
however, I would appreciate an email notifying me of any broken links or inappropriate content.
This site is merely a labor of love for the great ditches dug by our industrious predecessors.
 

Tug 44 Champlain and Feeder Canal Photos