Travel
Cruise the Historic Erie Canal
- Item Number
- 228
- Estimated Value
- 80 USD
- Sold
- 110 USD to cr5c06bb9
The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to Schenectady County Community College Foundation, Inc. (tax ID 23-7194187) on behalf of the winner.
- Number of Bids
- 14 - Bid History
Item Description
Two Passes for an Erie Canal Cruise
Take a journey through history on the calm waters of the Erie Canal while enjoying the spectacular scenery of New York’s beautiful Mohawk Valley.
Join your United States Coast Guard licensed captain aboard Lil’ Diamond II and enjoy a few entertaining tales of the canal.
The thrill of our voyage is being raised and lowered over 20 feet in an Erie Canal lock!
On this incredibly fun, narrated, 90-minute cruise, learn:
- Why the Erie Canal was known as Clinton’s ditch.
- How it was constructed, how it opened our western lands and helped to create the America we know today.
- How and why it was expanded and why it’s still important to upstate New York culture today.
- All about the beautiful Mohawk River and man-made section known as a “land cut.”
The tour passes:
- Through massive guard gates.
- The Historic Fort Herkimer Church, which is one of the oldest surviving churches in New York State.
- Local birds such as green and blue herons and the occasional bald eagle along the Plantation Island Wildlife Management Area.
- Lock 18 at Jacksonburg, one of the last remaining locks operating with all of the original 100+-year-old equipment.
- As the vessel enters the lock, your captain will fully describe how the lock operates. Then you’ll watch as the gates close behind you and suddenly (but smoothly) the lock house seems to rise in the air as the lock walls creep up along the vessel while it’s being lowered twenty feet. It is certainly an experience not soon forgotten.
This Erie Canal sightseeing cruise is 90 minutes of history, entertainment, education, humor, calm cruising, and pure family fun!
Item Special Note
Current season only (May 21-October 10, 2022) for a Daily Sightseeing Cruise at 1:00 PM or 3:00 PM.
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