Canal Society Past Events

The Canal Society of New York State seeks to host two exploratory field trips a year. Past field trips coordinated by the Society are listed below.  

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2023 (October) Champlain Canal Bicentennial - Albany to the Glens Falls Feeder Canal (photos & guidebook)

2023 (April) The Samuel Center for Canal History, Port Byron NY (photos & guidebook)

2022 (Oct) - NYS Canal Conference - Rochester

2022 (May) Oswego Canal (photos & guidebook)

2021 (Sept) NYS Canal Conference – Schenectady, NY (postponed from 2020) (program)

2020 (Oct) The Chemung Canal, the Junction Canal, and the Crooked Lake Canal (guidebook)

2019 (Nov) The Erie Canal - Fayetteville and the Southern Reservoirs (guidebook)

2019 (June) Marine Heritage in the Mid-Hudson Valley

2018 (Oct) NYS Canal Conference - Staten Island (program)

2018 (May) Delaware Canal, New Hope to Easton PA, joint trip with the Pennsylvania Canal Society

2017 (Sept) World Canals Conference, Syracuse NY (program abstracts)

2017 (May) Erie Canal Bicentennial Tour - Rome and Utica (guidebook)

2016 (Oct) NYS Canal Conference - Auburn

2016 (May) Buffalo to Lockport - Buffalo

2015 (Oct) Genesee Valley Canal: Over the Top (Summit Level and Environs)

2014 (Sept) NYS Canal Conference - Geneva

2014 (May) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal - Hagerstown MD

2013 (Oct) Three Erie Canals in Montgomery, Schenectady and Saratoga Counties

2013 (Apr) Delaware & Hudson Canal Kingston/Rondout - Alligerville, NY

2012 (Oct) New York State Canal Conference - Oswego

2012 (June) Erie Canal Cruise and More - Herkimer to Little Falls

2011 (Oct) - Three Erie Canals: Lyons to Macedon

2011 (May) - The Champlain Canal: Clinton's Ditch to the Fetid Ditch

2010 (June) Boat and Bike Day - Rochester

2009 (Oct) Erie Canal Aqueducts of Central New York

2009 (Apr) The Chenango Canal: Hamilton to Greene

2008 (Oct) The Cayuga and Seneca Canal: Montezuma to Geneva

2008 (June) The Oswego Canal: Syracuse to Oswego

2007 (Oct) The Black River Canal: Rome to Lyons Falls

2007 (May) Three Erie Canals: Albany to Rexford

2006 (Oct) Canal Society 50th Anniversary - Buffalo

2006 (June) Allegheny Portage Railroad

2005 (Oct) The Genesee Valley Canal: Rochester to Portageville

2005 (Apr) The Champlain Canal: Schuylerville to Whitehall

2004 (Oct) The D&H Canal: Honesdale, PA to Port Jervis, NY

2004 (May) The Chenango Canal: Utica to Hamilton

2003 (Oct) Adirondack Reservoirs

2003 (June) The Rideau Canal: Ottawa to Jones Falls

2002 (Sept) The Erie Canal: Little Falls to Mindenville

2002 (May) Morris Canal, New Jersey

2001 (Oct) St. Lawrence Seaway

2001 (May) The Erie Canal: Tonawanda to Medina

2000 (Oct) Trent Severn: Canada

2000 (Sept) World Canals Conference: Rochester

2000 (May) Schenectady: Union College

1999 (Oct) The Canals of Western Onondaga County

1999 (May) New York Harbor

1998 (Oct) The Chemung Canal

1998 (May) Oneida Lake and Its Canals

1997 (Oct) Cruise: Syracuse to Cayuga and Seneca Lakes

1997 (Apr) Chenango Canal and Extension: Binghamton to Greene

1996 (Sept) Erie Canal: Albany to Waterford; Champlain Canal: Cohoes to Stillwater

1996 (June) The Erie Canal: Buffalo

1995 (Oct) The Champlain Canal: Northumberland to Whitehall

1995 (May) The Erie Canal: Bushnell's Basin to Medina

1994 (Oct) The Black River Canal

1994 (Apr) The Delaware and Hudson Canal: Rondout to Port Hudson

1993 (Oct) The Neck on Mohawk River

1993 (Oct) Erie Canal: Central Oneida County

1992 (Oct) Welland Canal, Canada

1992 (May) Genesee Valley Canal: Nunda to the Allegheny River

1991 (Oct) Erie Canal in Eastern Wayne County

1991 (May) Erie Canal: Western Herkimer County

1990 (Oct) Erie Canal: Eastern Montgomery County

1990 (May) Erie: DeWitt to New London

1989 (Oct) Oswego: Syracuse to Oswego

1989 (May) Cayuga and Seneca Canal from Geneva to Montezuma

1988 (Oct) Erie Canal: Cohoes to Pattersonville

1988 (Apr) Genesee Valley Canal and the Dansville Sidecut

1987 Canals of the Central Mohawk Valley: Fultonville to Little Falls

1987 (June) Buffalo to Lockport

1986 (Oct) Chenango Canal: Clinton to Greene

1986 (May) Two Eries: Montezuma to Camillus

1985 (Oct) Champlain Canal: Watervliet to Whitehall

1984 None

1983 None

1982 None

1991 (Oct) Black River Canal

1980 (Oct) Canals at Cohoes

1980 (May) Erie: Bushnell's Basin to Lock 32

1979 (Oct) Lehigh, Pennsylvania

1979 (May) D&H Canal

1978 (June) Erie: Monroe County

1978 (Oct) Mononagahela, Pennsylvania

1977 (May) Chambly Canal: Richelieu

1977 (Oct) Genesee Valley Canal: Mt. Morris to Portageville

1976 (Oct) Middlesex Canal, Massachusetts

1976 (May) Oneida Lake and Land Cuts

1975 (Oct) Erie: Holley Loop

1975 (May) Oswego River

1974 (Oct) Champlain: Feeder and north

1973 (Sept) Delaware and Hudson Canal - High Falls to Spring Glen

1973 (May) West Branch, Pennsylvania

1972 (Oct) Delaware and Raritan

1972 (June) Black River Canal

1972 (May) Lehigh Canal: Lock 38 to Dam 9

1971 (Oct) Western Wayne County: Poorhouse Lock No. 56 to County Line

1971 (May) Erie: Rome

1971 Chesapeake and Ohio: lower end

1970 Juniata Division, Pennsylvania

1970 (Oct) Genesee Valley Canal South: Oil Creek Reservoir to Olean and Milgrove

1970 (May) Chenango Canal

1969 (Oct) Eastern Wayne County Line to Poorhouse Lock No. 56

1969 (May) Erie: Fort Hunter

1969 Morris Canal: Phillipsburg to Lake Hopatcong

1968 (Oct) Erie: Port Byron to Richmond Aqueduct (and Cayuga & Seneca canal)

1968 (May) Erie: Buffalo Harbor

1968 Delaware Division Pennsylvania

1967 (Oct) Lockport East

1967 (May) Western Inland Lock Navigation: Rome Canal and Woods Creek Canal

1967 Middlesex Canal: Massachusetts

1966 (Oct) Western Inland Lock Navigation: German Flats Canal and the Little Falls Canal

1966 (May) Delaware & Hudson Canals

1966 Lehigh Canal: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1965 (Oct) Oneida Lake Canals

1965 (May) Chenango Canal: Greene to Susquehanna

1964 (Oct) Oswego Canal: Three Rivers to Brewerton

1964 (May) Erie Canal: Port Byron to Jordan

1964 Rideau: Ottawa

1963 (Oct) Chemung Canal

1963 St Lawrence Seaway, Massena

1962 (Oct) Erie Canal: Rochester to Lyons

1962 (May) Four Welland Canals - Canada

1962 (Apr) Watervliet - Lower Sidecut to Upper Aqueduct

1961 (Oct) Erie Canal: Jordan to Syracuse

1961 (July) Cayuga & Seneca Canal

1961 (May) Delaware & Hudson Canal: Port Jervis to Honesdale and Gravity Railroad

1960 (Oct) Oswego Canal: Three Rivers to Oswego

1960 (May) Champlain Canal

1959 (Oct) Black River Canal: Lyons Falls to Rome

1959 (May) Genesee Valley Canal: Cuylerville to Portageville

1958 (Oct) Delaware & Hudson Canal: Kingston to Port Jervis

1958 (July) St. Lawrence Seaway

1958 (May) Erie Canal: Tonawanda to Lockport

1957 (Oct) Chenango Canal: Utica to Hamilton

1957 (May) Erie Canal: Montezuma to Richmond Aqueduct