Erie Canal

Some trivia about the state you may not have known. New York State has 62 counties and almost 1500 towns and villages. It has more than 4-thousand lakes and ponds. In terms of area it ranks as only the 27th largest state.

For decades the dividing line between Erie and Niagara County has been the man-made Erie Canal.  Completed in 1825 it connected the Hudson River with Lake Erie to provide an inland route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.  The Erie Canal converted Buffalo from a sleepy outpost into a major American city making it possible to easily distribute products from Europe to the midwest and fo