Cayuga County Canal Tours

In 2022, the Canal Society of New York State purchased the old St. John's Church from the Catholic Diocese and turned it into the Samuel...

The 1858 change in the route of the Erie Canal through Port Byron has always been of particular interest to me, and I have writte...

If you happened to read the article about the rewatering of the canal and the flap about the $500,000 grant, or saw the editorial from...

 Back in 2002 when I wrote my book about the Erie Canal in Cayuga County, I wanted to make the point about the differences between the fir...

Port Byron and the canal are fairly well documented when it comes to photos and maps. So I thought it would be fun to piece together a walk...

This post goes out with thanks to thanks to Paul and Bunny Baker and Stan and Cheryl Longyear, who arranged for us to go onto the pri...