New York's Canal System

  The 524 mile New York State Canal System includes the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and the Cayuga-Seneca canals. The canal system connects hundreds of miles of lakes and rivers across New York State, linking the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and five water ways in Canada.

   Traveling through five of the states vacation regions, Niagara Frontier, Finger Lakes, Central Leather Stocking, Thousand Islands-Seaway and Capital-Saratoga vacation opportunities along the New York State Canal System are endless. The canal system winds its way through scores of picturesque towns and cities that grew or came into existence along its banks. Thousands of parks, picinic areas, restaurants, inns, museums and historic sites line the canals' banks. Boat, bike, hike, stroll or just relax and enjoy a cruise aboard the many tour boats operating along the canal.

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Feel Free to Visit the Finger Lakes Underwater Preservation Association (FLUPA.org) Website

Goals
The Finger Lakes Underwater Preserve Assoc.
is a group of regional divers, associates,
and families interested in promotion
of SCUBA diving because
of an interest in education and
awareness of the historical
and ecological value
of the Finger Lakes Waters.

FLUPA is a great resource to learn more about the Canal History and barges. A guide to diving in the Finger Lakes is also provided, including pictures of the canal barges that eventually sank and are now dive sites in Seneca Lake!

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Photo of Seneca Lake

Taken by local

photographer

and

certified scuba diver,

Liz Fraboni