The Three Sisters-- light houses built at Brewerton, Frenchman's Island, and Verona Beach-- were built in 1917 along the Barge Canal and Oneida Lake to help with commerce and tourism. Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the light houses and the Bicentennial of the NYS Canal Syatem with canal boat rides, kayak paddles, entertainment, and food.

The Albany Symphony is excited to launch Water Music NY, a cross-regional musical journey to capture, celebrate, and connect the spirit embodied in the storied communities along the Erie Canal. Seven canal communities will present free waterfront performances celebrating the canal's unique history and heritage: Albany, Schenectady, Amsterdam, Little Falls, Baldwinsville, Brockport, Lockport.

Come celebrate the wonder and beauty of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal with three days of fun on the water. The event includes vendors, music, Aquacade, Duck Races, and glass blowing demonstrations on the Corning Museum Glass Barge, which will be moored canal-side for the entire festival.

Community festival celebrating the history of the Erie Canal with music, demonstrations, history, wagon rides, food, crafts, magic, games and a special juried art show featuring the Erie Canal.

Celebrate the Erie Canal with fun activities for the whole family, including music, crafts and games, tours, blacksmithing and cooking demonstrations, ice cream, and much more!

Celebrate the Bicentennial of the Erie Canal and the NYS Women's Suffrage Centennial during VoteTilla. The tour stop in Lyons includes a visit to the H.G. Hotchkiss Peppermint Museum, where songs and stories will be performed by Dave Ruch. Sponsored by Lyons Heritage Society, in partnership with the Susan B. Anthony House.

Celebrate the Bicentennial of the Erie Canal in the place where the first shovel of dirt was turned to construct the waterway. This event will kick off with a reenactment ceremony followed by a day-long festival with entertainment, food, and fireworks.

Come one and all to The Telling of the Story of the Construction of the Oswego and Erie Canal, an entertaining and educational theatrical production chronicling the creation of the canal from the moment it was conceived in the mind of a jailed debtor to its dramatic completion.

Join the fun at this two-day festival celebrating the Bicentennial of the building of the Erie Canal and the 185th birthday of the Village of Medina. Tour canal schooner Lois McClure and enjoy live music, storytelling, artisan displays, farmers market, chicken BBQ, and a Big Birthday Bash, including a cake and lemonade for all.

Explore Little Fall's beautiful waterway, historic landmarks, geological wonders, attractions, businesses, services and opportunities. Events include canoe/kayak fun paddle and river tour, fishing derbies, historic walks, foot race, arts & crafts, farmers market, car show, grande parade, fireworks, ethnic food, live entertainment and local vendors.

Celebrate the legacy of the Erie Canal and enjoy a day filled with family orientated activities, demonstrations, dance, dramatization and great music that represent the 1800s canal era and provide a glimpse of life along the waterway. Take a boat ride on the old Erie Canal across the restored Nine-Mile Creek Aqueduct.

Don't miss the 13th annual Cardboard Boat Race! Individuals, families and other groups design, build and race boats across the Hudson River/Champlain for a lively day of fun on the water. Live music, environmental and historical education, and food prepared by area restaurants will round out the day.

Watch paddlers from around the region compete in whitewater kayaking events including whitewater slalom, boatercross, a playboating rodeo and various skills competitions. Held at the Lock 32 Whitewater Park, built in 1996 using an Erie Canal spillway to create a Class 2-3 paddling facility which offers controllable water levels for more than 100 days a year. Guided tours of the park offered; even…

Enjoy a day-long series of events including hands-on activities, interpretive walks, speakers and demonstrations about canal history, birding, environment and recreation. Visit a boat basin, the Five Combination Locks, and the Field School at the Historic Coal Silos. Sponsored by theFeeder Canal Alliance, stewards of the Glens Falls Feeder Canal for 30 years, and the Chapman Historical Museum.

One weekend each year Waterford's historic waterfront is transformed back into a rendering of its commercial heyday with prominent tugboats and demonstrations to educate and promote the New York State Waterways and canal system. Tours of vessels, demonstrations, vendors and entertainment...not to be missed!

Relax and enjoy St. Johnsville at its finest, with over 50 talented artisans, live music, and guided tours of historic Erie Canal Lock 33.

Usher in the fall season in the bucolic Village of Ames in the Mohawk River Valley with vendors, crafters, and re-enactors sharing their expertise to bring the rich history of this part of the Erie Canalway to life. A 5K race and tours of the museum round out the day.

Experience 36 miles of beautiful, off-road trail riding and explore historic communities that were built around the Erie Canal from DeWitt to Rome. Complete the ride in two days with camping or hotel accommodations at the mid-point. Or do the abbreviated one-day version.