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Boat Rentals and Tours

Get On Board!

Relax and enjoy the NYS Canal System on a canal boat tour, dinner cruise, or multi-day voyage. You'll find tours within an hour's drive of every major city in the Canalway Corridor. You can also rent kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddle boards or rent self-skippered canal boats for multi-day vacations.

Vacation Boat Rentals

Rent a self-skippered canal boat or overnight cruiser for a multi-day vacation. Rental boats are equipped with sleeping quarters, a galley, and plenty of deck space for relaxing. You'll get lessons in steering, docking, and locking through before heading out.

COMPANYLOCATIONBOAT TYPE
Erie Canal Cruise LinesSeneca FallsEnglish-style narrowboats
Low Bridge ChartersWaterlooEnglish-style narrowboats
Finger Lakes Water AdventuresWaterlooLuxury houseboat and smaller houseboat rental on Seneca Lake and Cayuga-Seneca Canal
Erie Canal Adventures MacedonEnglish-style narrowboats, canoes, rowboats, kayaks, paddleboats

Canal Tours

REGION AND CRUISE COMPANY LOCATION
Capital Region, Hudson River and Champlain Canal
Captain J.P. Cruise Line Troy (Hudson River)
Dutch Apple Cruises
Albany (Hudson River)
Mohawk Maiden Cruises Schuylerville (Champlain Canal Lock 5)
Mohawk River Boat Rides Schenectady (Erie Canal/Mohawk River)
Eastern NY, Erie Canal
Erie Canal Cruises
Herkimer
Central NY, Old Erie Canal
Camillus Erie Canal Park Camillus
Greater Rochester Area, Erie Canal
Colonial Belle - Erie Canal Cruises Fairport
Captain JJ's Duffy Electric Boat Tours Fairport
Cornhill Navigation Pittsford
Knothin's Easy Yacht Cruises Macedon/Fairport
Western NY, Erie Canal, Buffalo River, Niagara River, Lake Erie
Buffalo Harbor Cruises Buffalo
Buffalo River History Tours Buffalo
Buffalo Sailing Adventures Buffalo
Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises Lockport
Niagara River Cruises Grand Island
Queen City Bike Ferry (bike/ped ferry between Canalside and Outer Harbor) Buffalo
WNY Classic Cruises (tours by appointment) Buffalo
Finger Lakes, Cayuga-Seneca Canal
Canalside Experiences Waterloo
Captain Bill's Watkins Glen
Discover Cayuga Lake Ithaca
Finger Lakes Water Adventures Waterloo
Ithaca Boat Tours Ithaca
School's Out Charters Lansing
Schooner Excursions Watkins Glen
Water to Wine Tours Interlaken & Aurora

Multiday Cruises

COMPANY LOCATION
American Waterways Cruise Lines Cruises on Finger Lakes, Erie Canal, and the Hudson River