When it was completed between the Hudson River and Lake Erie in 1823, the Erie Canal was the wonder of the world. Over 300 miles long, the canal featured "flights" of locks, graceful aqueducts and remarkable fills that allowed canal boats to soar over valleys and streams. Immediately, the canal transformed upstate New York from a remote wilderness area to a thriving center of commerce, farming and trade. The great success of the canal triggered a canal-building "rush" in the United States. By the 1850s, thousands of miles of canals criss-crossed the eastern states.
You will ride the New York Central's "Scenic Water-level Route" directly along the shores of the Mohawk River from Albany to Utica. Your tour provides an in-depth look at the stately towns, vineyards and prosperous farms of the beautiful Finger Lakes region of central New York. Explore the magnificent villages of Skaneateles, Geneva, Seneca Falls and Penn Yan, showcasing grand Victorian mansions and elegant lake-side cottages. Enjoy a dinner cruise on Keuka Lake; dine at America's most remarkable stagecoach-inn, the Krebs; and explore the National Women's Rights Museum in Seneca Falls. You also see the waterfalls of the Grand Canyon of the Genesee in Letchworth State Park and marvel at the stupendous cascades and rapids of Niagara Falls, with a voyage on the "Maid of the Mist" to the base of the torrent.
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